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    minors in the right direction. Juvenile delinquency has always existed as a problem without a single‚ proper‚ and effective solution. Throughout history society has proposed countless forms of punishment to make an attempt at altering the behavior of these young people in a positive manner. Some judicial and legislation acts have left numerous amounts of juvenile’s suffering in prison‚ and some have been far too lenient. Either way‚ juvenile delinquency is threatening the safety and order

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    Juvenile Corrections & Treatment Your name CJS 240 October 24‚ 2010 The Juvenile corrections system has various methods to support the underlying goal of rehabilitation and reform. This system affects the entire community in its successes and failures; members of the society should take time to understand what efforts are being made to reform these young offenders and what obstacles must be eliminated to make it more effective. The following paper will attempt to summarize community

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    How effective is the rehabilitation of juveniles compared to just locking them up? Lately more and more people are recognizing that rehabilitation is a better route to go in order to help those who live a life of crime. Although some people still believe that locking people up and throwing away the key would do the trick‚ not all people benefit from that type of treatment. According to the Oxford Dictionary rehabilitation is described as the act of restoring someone to health or normal life through

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    The topic we chose was an important time in history dealing with prisons. We chose MASS INCARCERATION and focused on the legacy of Ronald Reagan and the escalating war on drugs. Today we are going to talk to you about the policies surrounding the war on drugs and how they have affected mass incarceration and policies that devalue the meaning of the 4th amendment. The fourth amendment is the right for a citizen to be secure in their person‚ home and any of their property. It is established to protect

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    A group can be defined as two or more humans that interact with one another‚ accept expectations and obligations as members of the group‚ and share a common identity. A definition of the term group should strike a balance between being sufficiently broad to include most social aggregates that are true groups and being sufficiently narrow to exclude most social aggregates that are not true groups. The following formal definition meets these criteria: A group is (a) two or more individuals (b)

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    Reducing Juvenile Delinquency ABSTRACT There are many different parts of the Criminal Justice system. This paper will bring about the argument of how we can reduce Juvenile Delinquency in the United States. When a child is born he has no way of knowing he will become a bad element of society. There are many reasons that a child can turn to the bad elements of crime. We must ask ourselves‚ “why does this happen”? What can we as adults do to help the children of America stay on the right track

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    Laundry detergents are found in every household and used for removing stains and oils from clothes so they could be reused. The production of this invention first started in the United States in the 1930s but started becoming very popular only after the Second World War because the military required a chemical to remove the dirt and oil off their military outfits (Clean Living). Laundry detergents have a combination of chemicals which combat different barriers to clean the fabric. They have different

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    to any healthcare provision‚ despite their incarceration. Prisons are placed to protect and improve society. Therapy and rehabilitation are offered to prisoners

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    Incarceration rates in The United States have grown drastically and are rapidly increasing. About 5% of the population will‚ on average‚ serve a sentence of about 60 months or more in prison . This rise in incarceration rates has disproportionally affected women . From 1988 to 2008‚ the imprisonment rate for women has increased by 600%‚ while for men it has increased by 300% . Currently about 1 million women pass through prisons every year of about 3.2 million arrests. Out of these sentences‚ about

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    sentencing‚ systematic racism‚ and mass incarceration of colored people. While the War on Drugs has certainly sought to eradicate controlled substances and destroy the networks established for their distribution‚ State efforts to control drugs are also a way for dominant groups to express racial power.Despite the socioeconomic factors that contribute to drug use‚ it is evident that drug legislation is inherently biased and fuels racially motivated mass incarceration. Although persons suffering economic

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