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    robberies‚ and rapes that have been committed by juveniles. The Juvenile Court with Adult Court is different and similar in the criminal justice system. A look at the juvenile history in 1643 a sixteen year old boy was put to death for sodomizing a cow. Today many states disagree in the execution of juveniles. In the present day the increasing violence‚ both juvenile and adult system has changed over the years (Simmons 2002). The juvenile philosophy in juvenile courts was to offer the youth an individualized

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    Question: Should juvenile offenders be tried and punished as adults? Claim: Juvenile offenders shouldn’t be tried and punished as adults. I. Introduction a. There has been a lot of controversy over the issue of if juveniles should be tired and punished as adults. II. Harsh Policies Do not work http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/juvenile-justice/factsheets/youthasadults.pdf III. Adult Convictions Jeopardize Children’s Rights and Futures IV. Risks to Children’s Health V. These Policies

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    Since its inception the juvenile justice system has been highly criticized and critiqued because it has taken many shifts in regards to the path of development and effective strategies to intervene in the lives of youthful offenders. Julian Mack (1909) states that the court was formed as a result of society’s general query about the states duty to protect‚ guide and care for those youthful offenders that reside within its borders that have committed law violations and unacceptable moral behavior

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    Female juveniles who experience family divorce or separation do not experience the same harmful effects as males. This is because females frequently experience guilt‚ and are often thought to deal with their feelings and emotions. According to Culpin‚ Heron‚ Melotti‚ and Joinson (2013) girls are at a greater disadvantage than boys to suffer from depression after experiencing parental divorce (2016). Juvenile girls who experience depression are more likely to encounter other problems‚ such as dropping

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    characterized as one which. There has been a discussion since many decades about how evolution in genetics’ behavior has influenced sociability and behavior of individuals. However‚ a lot more debate is on the environmental and social factors influencing the generation M. The television and social media that features ads and commercials is considered as one of the domains of study for interpreting how such media is influencing the generation M’s characteristics. There are much similarities between the generation

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    Justice Juveniles and the Death Penalty September 26‚ 2011 Hallman_latonji@yahoo.com Latonji G. Hallman Juveniles and the Death Penalty The juvenile justice system has been in existence for over 100 years. The main objective of the juvenile justice system is to rehabilitate the child‚ not to enforce excessive punishment. The system involves children under the age of eighteen years old. There is a line between juveniles and adult offenders. Just because

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    3.0 The Social and Cultural factors that influence a sanitation project Sanitation can best be defined as the way of collecting and disposing of excreta and community liquid waste in a germ-free way so as not to risk the health of persons or the community as a whole (WEDC‚ 1998). Sanitation systems properly designed‚ may not necessarily be appropriate for a group of people when relevant factors like social and cultural practices affecting sanitation and hygiene are not taken into account. Lack of

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    The juvenile justice system was founded on the concept of rehabilitation through individualized justice Early in U.S. history‚ children who broke the law were treated the same as adult criminals Throughout the late 18th century‚ "infants" below the age of reason (traditionally age 7) were presumed to be incapable of criminal intent and were‚ therefore‚ exempt from prosecution and punishment. Children as young as 7‚ however‚ could stand trial in criminal court for offenses committed and‚ if found

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    A Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) is required to follow Arizona State court rulings and statutes and departmental procedures as well as Supreme Court precedence. The juvenile justice system is geared more to protection and support of the minors involved in the process than the adult criminal system. However‚ in a delinquency proceeding‚ a juvenile can be subject to deprivation of or limitations on their liberty‚ the same as adult defendants. Because of this‚ they have been deemed deserving of

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    I would like to work with Juvenile offenders‚ mainly because I feel that since they make up such a small group of the inmate population‚ 1200 offenders under the age of eighteen at the end of 2013 (p. 245‚ Seiter‚ 2017) that I would have a greater ability to utilize limited resource for a greater outcome. Juvenile offenders in adult incarceration are made up of individuals who have committed serious felony offenses under the age of eighteen (p. 244‚ Seiter‚ 2017). There are three approaches used

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