DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM The Juvenile Justice System was a creation of the Progressive Era reformist. Prior to this time there was little consideration for children as needing or deserving different treatment than adults. To tell the truth there was relatively no separation of adults and children up to this point in time. In retrospect it could be said that the creation of a separate stage in the life of growing people led to the creation of a separate justice system. So the creation
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1: What is the distinctions between official and unofficial sources of data on delinquency? official data is collect from governmental offices‚ DOJ‚ Juvenile courts or any data that are direct collected by government officials. Unofficial data is typically collected by secondary resources such as media‚ surveys and so forth. Unofficial data is less creditable because it cannot truly verify the validity of those information. 2: What types of data are contained in the UCR? The types of data
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1. Dispositions (4) • home on probation • group home • country rancher camp o congregate institutional treatment-correctional-run by local probation 2. Juvenile Correctional Institutions Key terms • impression management-no fear in eyes‚ maintain presence • Social Hierarchy^ • Ward Subculture- • Custodial Facility- • Custodial Staff- • Treatment staff- • Special Population- • Parole Board- 3. Components of a Youth Training School • Living Space • Security and Safety • Health Care
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The Indian legislations The emergence of the concept of juvenile justice in India owes much to the developments that have taken place in western countries‚ especially in the perception of children and human rights jurisprudence in Europeand America. The Apprentices Act‚ 1850 was the first legislation that laid the foundation of juvenile justice system in the country. The concept consequently gained momentum with the enactment of the Indian Penal Code (1860)‚ Reformatory Schools Act (1897)‚ Code
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Period 05 February 7‚ 2013 Juvenile Justice-Final Draft We See Them as Children‚ How About the Legal System? If minors do not share the same rights as adults‚ then the legal system should not treat them as so. When a crime is committed‚ fair punishment is what every criminal expects when walking into the court room. However‚ certain journalists have proven that when juveniles commit a crime they are charged as children to a certain extent and that the legal system is quick to call them adults
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In recent discussion of Juvenile Justice‚ a controversial issue has been whether juveniles should be tried as adults in adult courts for heinous crimes they have committed. On one hand‚ some argue that they should not be tried as adults and do not deserve harsh sentences but as children seeking help. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that those who commit such heinous crimes ought to be punished no matter the age. The juvenile court was created to handle juvenile offenders on the basis of
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regarding juvenile law. In the case Roper v Simmons (2005)‚ a narrow 5-4 decision‚ overturned the United States practice of allowing capital punishment for juvenile offenders. Mitigating factors must be considered when examining the decision of the Supreme Court whenever they overturn previous courts decisions. This issue becomes more complex in the Juvenile System because of the relative infancy of this aspect of the American judicial system. In addition to analyzing the history of the Juvenile justice
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The juvenile justice system is a separate legal framework making a difference in how youth offenders are judged and “punished”‚ but this way is only a recent concept. Back in the 1800’s there was some sort of system set in place to punish those who committed crimes. In those years of English rule there were workhouses where adults who broke the law would be sent to to manufacture goods that would later be sold to the public. This method was then used for people who owed money‚ they would be incarcerated
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Is juvenile justices right or wrong? Edwin Desamour was driving with his 3-year-old son in their Philadelphia neighborhood when the little boy looked up and said‚ “Daddy‚ look at the moon! I want to go there‚” so his father did what many parents would: he bought his son books on science and space and encouraged him to believe that his dreams can come true. Edwin’s son has been blessed with a vastly different childhood than Edwin had. Edwin grew up poor in a violent neighborhood in Philadelphia
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the power is not easily abused. A lot of comments about how the victims and their families don’t get justice for giving pardons to those criminals but that is not necessarily true at all. Those victims and families who don’t get any justice are those who haven’t found the suspects of the crime. These pardoned criminals have already served part of the sentence by doing that they’ve already given justice to those victims and during their sentence‚ they’ve remained in good behaviour‚ thus making them qualified
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