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    The Pros and Cons of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III) Introduction This paper discusses the pros and cons of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III). First‚ important definitional‚ theoretical issues‚ including the nature of intelligence‚ a brief history‚ and pros and cons are discussed. Next‚ the development‚ reliability‚ validity‚ and assets and limitations of the WAIS-III are examined

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    Juvenile files are confidential because there are state laws in every state that mandates that juvenile files are confidential. For a juvenile to have there file sealed they have to request it from the court.  Most get probation with circumstances like community service‚ counseling or drug treatment. We have to look at juveniles differently than we do adults because of their developmental progress. Every juvenile officer who goes through training becomes knowledgeable about the juvenile developmental

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    a child kills‚ does he instantly become an adult? Or does he maintain some trappings of childhood‚ despite the gravity of his actions? These are the questions oppressing our legal system today‚ as the violent acts of juvenile delinquencies continue to make headlines. Some people believe that children should be tried as adults when prosecuted for certain serious crimes. Others feel that children should be tried as minors because they are not yet adults‚ and therefore‚ they should be treated differently

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    JUVENILE JUSTICE ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE To Conduct an Assessment of the Juvenile Justice Systems in the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia October 2001 Prepared by Carol Conragan Attorney at Law [pic] INTRODUCTION The Aim and Objective Sponsored by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)‚ the following template

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    Juvenile Delinquency Rationale When a young adult has problems in their life (home‚ school)‚ there is a big percent that they will get into trouble and go to jail for committing crimes of degree of some sort. These young adults will face time in detention halls or youth correctional facility‚ which can hold up to hundreds of young adults‚ some of these young adults might even go to an adult super max prison depending on the crime. As some young adults go through the criminal justice system‚ they

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    deals with adults who commit various crimes. Secondly‚ we have the juvenile justice system‚ a court designed especially for minors and is generally thought to help rehabilitate the offender. The salient difference between these two systems‚ as Mitcheal Ritter puts it‚ “is the use of distinct terminology to refer to their similar procedures. State and federal legislatures intended this terminological variation to avoid stigmatizing children as "criminals" and to dissociate the juvenile system from

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    The Juvenile Criminal Justice System and Adult court system have many simalities and differences. While the Juvenile Justice system is more concerned with rehabilitation of the Juvenile so he wont contine with more crime when he become an adult ‚ the adult court sytem is looking look to punish the adults with more harsh time‚ and consequences. They share similarlites such as procedural safeguards to protect their rights and also they both have the right to councel to help defend they self. Even though

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    Hanif Allan Skrocki Juvenile Justice‚ CJ 221 Juvenile Corrections: Probation‚ Community Treatment‚ and Institutionalization Until the early 1800s‚juvenile offenders‚as well as neglected and dependent children‚ were confined in adult prisons.The inhumane conditions in these institutions were among the factors that led social reformers to create a separate children’s court system in 1899. Early juvenile institutions were industrial schools modeled after adult prisons but designed to protect

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    Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime Q & A Written Response 1. What is the definition of delinquency? The definition of delinquency is‚ in the broadest usage‚ juvenile actions or conduct in violation of criminal law‚ juvenile status offenses‚ and other juvenile misbehavior. 2. What is the definition of status offense(s)? The definition of status offense(s) is an act or conduct that is declared by statute to be an offense‚ but only when committed by or engaged in by a juvenile and

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    "Should Juveniles Be Tried as Adults" is an essay by Laurence Steinberg‚ which expresses his views of if‚ when‚ and why youth offenders should be tried as adults. He compares the juvenile system to the adult system and point out hat the two differ in their respective forms of decision making for treatment or discipline. In the recent past‚ society has redefined the judicial system for juveniles and is striving to get more youth offenders trued and disciplined in adult jail systems (632). According

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