Juveniles and Punishment: Should Juveniles Delinquents be tried as Adults in the Criminal Justice System? : Angela Eberhart Diversity in Criminal Justice Professor: Jonas Oscar December 10‚ 2011 Fall Semester The question have been raised on whether or not juveniles should be treated the same as adults in the Criminal Justice System This study will first indicate whether juveniles should be trialed as an adult based on age and the offences they commit. Secondly; this
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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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Describe the Legal rights juveniles have today To protect juveniles from self-incrimination‚ provisions were made to have the Miranda rights available before being questioned by the police. A 1979 us supreme court ruling found that juveniles should have a waiver and be old enough to understand the consequences of waiving their rights. The Miranda rights also protects juveniles against the unlawful search of their personal property‚ unless it is to maintain order and safety among other students
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aspects as to why people commit crime‚ and how crime should be handled and prevented. There have been several theories surfacing and explained over the years as criminologists seek the most prevalent solutions to ultimately reduce the rate of crime. Juvenile delinquency‚ which was once at an all time high in America‚ is now at a low. However‚ low remains too high and by implementing early intervention may effectively reduce crime levels. This paper will briefly describe the Strong African American Family
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Court Issues Courts in the United States have a tremendous task of setting the standard for justice in America. To some‚ this task may be considered easy but there are those that understand that this job comes with an extreme challenge. Compound the rise in crime‚ budget issues and language barriers and one can see that the court systems are held together by a loose piece of thread. This paper however will focus on one of the several challenges that the criminal justice system faces regarding language
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Juvenile Delinquency “Humanity has the stars in its future‚ and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.” --- Isaac Asimov Americans today are often bound to the stereotype that poor parental child-rearing methods‚ peer pressure and poverty are the cause of juvenile delinquency in America. However‚ the truth is that there are far more factors other than these‚ major and minor‚ that contribute to the cause of juvenile delinquency
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Juvenile Crime Introduction Every year‚ millions of juveniles are involved in criminal activities. According to statistics‚ as of 1999‚ the arrest rate for juvenile crime has dropped from its peak in the mid-1990 ’s. Statistics about juvenile crime have shown a steady increase of juvenile arrests from 1987 to 1994. Although overall crime rates have decreased since 1994‚ they are still above what they were in 1980. The following paragraphs and charts show the crime rates of specific crimes
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Are substance use and delinquency among juvenile correlatively related? In the article “Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior Among Serious Adolescent Offenders” by Edward P. Mulvey‚ Carol A. Schubert‚ and Laurie Chassin‚ substance use and delinquency are strongly linked together. Studies of youth in juvenile court demonstrate that a majority of court-involved adolescents have recently used illegal substances that are more serious‚ and frequent adolescent offenders have used more substances
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Juvenile Delinquency; Causes and Possible Solutions 06/12/2011 By definition a juvenile delinquent is a young person‚ under the age of 18‚ who fails to do what is required by law. Our juvenile court system has the difficult task of finding the proper way to deal with these individuals. Unfortunately there is no perfect solution. Should juvenile delinquents be treated harshly? Should they be treated as an adult? Should they be put into a rehabilitation facility? There have been several
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crimes committed by juvenile delinquents in today’s society. These crimes consist of violent crimes‚ property crimes‚ forgery‚ fraud‚ vandalism as well as many others. In 2009‚ there were 32‚638‚900 youths in the United States and 1‚906‚600 of them were arrested for a type of crime. (Puzzanchera & Adams‚ 2012). There are many options that the Department of Juvenile Justice System can lead towards such as punishment or treatment‚ but the rehabilitation depends on the juvenile at hand. Most research
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