Adjudication of Juveniles in the Justice System According to the legal dictionary in 1899 the U.S. made legal history when the world’s first juvenile court opened in Chicago. The court was founded on two basic principles. First‚ juveniles lacked the maturity to take responsibility for their actions the way adults could. Second‚ because their character was not yet fully developed‚ they could be rehabilitated more successfully than adult criminals. More than a century later‚ these principles remain
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year‚ juvenile courts in the United States handle an estimated 1.7 million cases in which a youth was charged with a delinquency offense (“Youth in the Justice System‚” 2012). Throughout most of history‚ youthful offenders were handled under the same laws and system as adults were. While deviance has always been around‚ societal intervention and participation in handling juvenile transgressors has gained the most momentum in the last 100–150 years (Whitehead & Lab‚ 2013). A separate juvenile justice
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2. Describe three alternatives to incarceration that juvenile courts currently use. 3. Discuss the significant and societal and individual benefits of imposing sanctions or punishments that do not involve removing an offender from his/her family or community. Strayer University Historical and Economic reasons In the early 1920’s and 1930’s instead of placing a juvenile offender into custody the patrol officer would either return the juvenile to the parent with a warning or place them with a school
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Language Barriers and Lack of Interpreters in the Court Systems Tonya Barrett CJA/394 March 30‚ 2015 Mike Magee The following paper will discuss the current language barriers and lack of interpreter availability in the court systems today. The court administrator is responsible for addressing this problem and improving the situation. Therefore‚ this paper will also cover the efforts that the court administrator has made to correct the issue
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Juvenile Court Case Summary Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Juvenile Court Case Summary Roper Vs Simmons Case Roper (2005) is a United States Supreme court ruling related to capital punishment for juveniles under the age of 18. The case stands for the proposition that it is unconstitutional to sentence to death juveniles who are charged with murder before attaining the age of 18 (Roper‚ 2005). In this case‚ Christopher Simmons‚ a 17-year old boy‚ was convicted and sentenced to
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Juvenile Incarceration Name: Institution: Juvenile Incarceration Abstract Juvenile incarceration has created a lot of uncertainties in the legal justice system. This is because it is often assumed that indeed there are several persons that are underage that at the time of the crime did not have the proper mental reasoning to appreciate that indeed they were committing a crime. For this reason‚ there has been several problems regarding Juvenile incarceration and it has been argued
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The Current Juvenile Justice System Part A- With the advent of adolescence‚ the criminal justice system in this country had to address the needs of the juvenile population and recognize that juveniles need to be treated differently than adults. Juvenile crime cannot only be understood in terms of rational behavior‚ but also the irrational because “full development of the frontal lobe‚ where rational judgments are made‚ does not occur until the early-to mid-20’s” (Stier 2009)
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Three positions that interest me are the role of a Probation Officer‚ Juvenile Court Liaison‚ Rehabilitation Case Worker. Probation officers work with people who were convicted of crimes and sentenced to probation instead of incarceration. Probation and Parole Officer jobs require applicants to be U.S citizens‚ possess a valid driver’s license‚ and have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college. This degree must be in one of the following areas: Criminal justice‚ Social work‚ Psychology
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Issues in California’s Juvenile System ______________________________________________________________________________ Berkeley‚ California Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice August 16‚ 2012 At the moment California is unable to meet the needs of juvenile’s with mental health issues in the criminal justice system. While California does have a significant amount of resources to help the youth‚ it does stop the growth in mentally ill children in the justice system that is growing at an
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Running Head: THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. The Juvenile Justice System [Name of the writer] [Name of the institution] The Juvenile Justice System Introduction The Juvenile Justice System was a creation of the Progressive Era reformist. Prior to this time there was little concern for young children as requiring or warranting distinct remedy than adults. To notify the reality there was somewhat no parting of mature individuals and young children up to this
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