An advantage to juveniles being handled in adult court is that many juveniles would not be arrested anymore for crimes considered against the law presently for minors. Many adolescent offenders are arrested for minor crimes now and if they are already on probation many trivial acts such as a suspension from school for “anything” can push them into a juvenile placement long term. I have seen it many times. Kids that are on probation for something they did 2 years prior such as at the age of 14
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Abolishing Poverty in The U.S John Boston Sociology 101 October 31‚ 1996 If I had the power to abolish poverty in the United States I would do it in a second. Abolishing poverty would be almost impossible because there are just to many poor people for one person to help to abolish poverty we must all work to help those who are poor get out of this condition. There are two types of poor‚ there are people who are relatively poor and there are people who are absolutely
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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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beyond‚ the young person is no longer tried for crimes in juvenile courts; now‚ they are tried in adult courts. But‚ does one or two years make such a difference between sixteen year olds and eighteen year olds? Is it fair for one person‚ just seventeen years of age‚ to be tried in a juvenile court‚ receiving a lesser sentence for murder than an person just six months older in age who committed the same crime? I think not. Trying juveniles as adults should be constantly allowed because punishment
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behave in a manner that is acceptable to the public. Expectations can be seen as something that is suppose to happen. As well as societal expectations‚ which are unclear‚ and unwritten standards‚ followed by people in a specific environment. They differ for every individual depending on their environment‚ and culture. One would assume the individual would conform to their societal expectations‚ but that’s not the case. Instead the individual performance reflects the way they are treated by those around
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Joel Dejesus Societal Standards Essay Speech and Composition 6th Period Mr. Fields April 7‚2013 Imagine a 6’2" man with broad shoulders‚ deep voice‚ hairy body‚ masculine personality‚ and pink glittery nail polish. His friends give him a hard time about it‚ they say that he is not " a real man". He decides to hang out with more woman and when more and more people start to consider him gay‚ he becomes it. Men do not have the wiggle room to explore the feminine stereotypes.
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Rebecca Boxing Doctors—Round Two 11/8/12 We live in a world filled with restrictions‚ where seat belts are required to drive cars‚ where texting is not allowed while driving‚ and now‚ some are calling for a ban on boxing. Lowell Cohn‚ is against this ban on boxing‚ and has written a column criticizing the American Medical Association (AMA) on their call to abolish boxing. Despite‚ Cohn’s outcry to keep boxing legalized‚ I believe that boxing should be abolished. Cohn claims that boxers
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The Filibuster: A Waste of Time The modern American government has been shaped by decades of discourse‚ debate‚ and compromise. From the founding fathers to the modern tea party movement‚ American politics have always involved debate between opposing sides and point of views. As a result of the age of our government and the extreme desire with which one side is willing to argue their point of view‚ outdated and frivolous means of debating and stalling have become prevalent within the modern American
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Abolishing Capital Punishment Pierre Allen Indiana State University A lot of countries in the world have abolished capital punishment because of reasons concerning humanity‚ some places are still using the old practice of capital punishment. Is it okay to keep capital punishment‚ or should it be erased altogether? Many people often get the sentence for committing serious crimes such as crimes like murder and drug trafficking. Leaving you to think should this kind of sentence be
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Abolishing the Minimum Wage Many Americans think of the minimum wage as a means of raising the income of the working people. However‚ the minimum wage is not the best way to combat poverty. In fact‚ the minimum wage does more harm than good. The list of its negative effects is a long one: it causes unemployment; it prevents unskilled workers from getting the on-the-job training they need; it encourages teenagers to drop out of school; it promotes the hiring of illegal aliens; and it increases welfare
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