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    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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    Should the Juvenile Court be Abolished? I. Introduction The purpose of this paper will be to examine the juvenile court system and whether or not abolishing it is the practical thing to do. To start off with‚ I will give a brief history of what the juvenile court system consist of and what it was designed to do. Next I will go into both sides of the debate to determine whether or not to abolish the juvenile court system. We will first take a look at the two concepts of the juvenile court system

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    Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Juvenile and Adult Courts:  A Comparative Analysis: Introduction The United States government is based on a checks and balances type system. The three main parts of this system are the executive branch‚ the legislative branch‚ and the judicial branch. This judicial system’s job is to uphold the law of the land. Law can be defined as a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate‚ proscribe or permit specified relationships among people

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    Juvenile courts and adult courts are both similar and different in many ways. They’re mainly similar in putting away offenders or giving a punishment. Juvenile courts and adult courts are different in the way that juveniles are not put on trial for committing crimes‚ but for delinquent actions‚ and when the delinquent actions are very severe‚ then they could be considered crimes and the juvenile could be tried as an adult in the adult court system. Also juveniles don’t have the same right to a public

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    Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis The United States Court system is much the same for Juvenile Court‚ as it is for Adult Court. The main differences are that Adult court adjudicates offenders over the age of 18. Juvenile court adjudicates minors‚ or persons under the age of 18. However‚ certain circumstances like the severity of crime‚ and age of individual‚ and number of occurrences can present a case‚ which

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    Should juveniles who commit adult offence like murder‚ rape and armed robbery etc. be charged or dealt with as an adult? The primary difference in dealing with a juvenile meaning a person that is 18 years or younger the goal is not to punish the juvenile‚ but rather rehabilitate‚ is that fair? Or is society as a whole are guilty and to blame for forsaking the future generation? The juvenile offences are skyrocketing at an alarming rate that it is hard to view the graphic and horrific crimes of the

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    The legal concept of juvenile status is relatively new. The juvenile court system was established in the United States a little more than a century ago. The first court appearing was in Cook County‚ Illinois in 1899. Prior to that time‚ children and youth were seen as small adults and were tried and punished as adults. Until the late 19th century‚ the criminal courts tried youth and adults. The sixteenth century educational reform movement in England that had perceived youth to be different from

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    One phase of the juvenile court process that is important is the release or detain phase. The detain or release phase is extremely important because at this point the court decides if they want to release a child to their guardian or sentence them to a juvenile correction facility. “Detention can be a traumatic experience because many facilities are prison-like‚ with locked doors and barred windows; Consequently‚ most experts in juvenile justice advocate that detention be limited to alleged offenders

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    Prosecuting Juveniles in Adult Court Kimberly Washington Introduction to Statistics for Criminal Justice Ayana Conway‚ Ph.D.‚ Assistant Professor September 30‚ 2013 Abstract This research paper will examine whether or not juveniles that commit violent crimes should be tried as an adult. Through research‚ I will establish an argument that children who commit the crimes of an adult should be punished as an adult. Data based on experience and observation detailing the number of juvenile offenders

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    1. What is the history and development of the juvenile court and justice process? The history of the juvenile court and system dates back to the year 1824 in the United States‚ which was “The House of Refuge” in New York. “The House of Refuge was the first juvenile house of the United States. In 1899‚ Cook County in the state of Illinois established the first juvenile court. Youth in the juvenile court system dating back before the year of 1967 did not have constitutional legal rights. It was not

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