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    capacity? There are countless disputes and problems regarding the justice system and its decisions. Among those decisions is the decision to sentence a juvenile as an adult and place them within a adult prison‚ rather than in a juvenile detention center. Just as in most things in life‚ the justice system is not black and white. Some agree with juvenile incarceration and others reckon children should be treated true to their age and as what they are‚ children. These academic journals‚ articles and opinion

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    Juveniles should not be tried as adults because being an adult prison make their life so much harder and makes them face things that they shouldn’t have to face. Children in an adult penitentiary are at a higher risk of suicide‚ rape and also assaults (Horowitz-Prisco). There are many reasons on why they are at a higher risk of anything happening to them than someone who has been there before. One of the major reasons that they are at a higher risk is because they are young and have more energy than

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    on the topic of changing the age limit for juveniles being charged as adults are made vary. A juvenile delinquent is charaterized as someone who commits criminal conduct under the age of 18 years old. Even though the age limit for juveniles should stay where it is some might think otherwise. Such as medical analyist ‚ scientist ‚ and law makers who have conducted experiments ‚ surveys ‚ and statistics. Due to the change in crimes and increase in juvenile criminal conduct over the years

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    Juvenile Court Systems and how Crime is corrected as a Minor Juvenile Court Systems were developed for minors‚ under the age of eighteen‚ that have committed some sort of crime. Minors under the age of eighteen are separated from the adults because of the maturity level and strength of adults. Juvenile Crime Issues throughout the Criminal Justice System Throughout the world‚ there are many crimes that are being committed by children known as juveniles (children under the age of eighteen)

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    Controlling Organized Crime L. Karina Watson CJA393 December 6‚ 2010 Marianne McBeth Controlling Organized Crime Trying to control organized crime is obviously much easier to say than done. In the past hundred years‚ the development of organized crime has changed‚ as well the efforts of controlling it. By looking at the past crime families such as‚ the Sicilian Mafia‚ place them in retrospect of them being pledge in the most famous game of chess. Today‚ these old families may not be considered

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    eighteen you are recognized as an adult but scientifically our brains are not fully developed until age twenty-five. So how can a judge hold a fifteen year old fully accountable for his or her actions when he or she can’t even fully understand the consequences? The United States government has set up two different types of court systems: juvenile and adult court to separate children from adults; within both of these court systems you have a drug court. Juvenile drug courts are dockets

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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Juveniles Being Tried As Adults Records show that courts with juvenile jurisdiction disposed more than 1.3 million delinquency cases in 2010. However‚ according to the website of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention‚ data gathered from 1996 to 2014 shows a 65% decrease in the number of juvenile crimes committed by adolescents aged 10-17. Despite these numbers‚ it is still a sad reality that there are still too many adolescents who are commiting

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    Betty Oliver Kaplan University Biology‚ Particulate pollution has become an increasing problem to our communities. Though it cannot be seen‚ it is all around us. It is made up of soil and dust particles‚ metals‚ and organic chemicals (U.S Environmental Protection Agency n.d). It affects the air we breathe and can cause harmful health problems. Particulate pollution is more prominent in larger cities due to big industries. How does particulate

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    America. At 18‚ a person legally becomes an "adult". A person can now buy cigarettes or a home‚ vote‚ and even get married. In addition‚ from their 18th birthday and 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

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    commonly known and is no secret that case volumes in court have increased among with crime due to the constant new laws being created‚ the lack of fear from the criminals and in some occasions the lack of procedure knowledge from the community with possible offenders. I’ve seen many cases that could be resolved with the appropriate guidance without the need to visit a court room. In occasions unnecessary complains contribute to case overloads. Court judges in occasion recur to sending these cases for

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