Introduction Young people are overrepresented as offenders. The justice system deals mostly with working class offenders and indigenous and ethnic minorities. Young people are often targeted by mainstream media and become perceived as delinquents and menaces to society. They are considered to be “at risk” of offending. This creates an age and class bias amongst communities and results in the negative stigmatisation of young people‚ especially those in minority groups. Young‚ disadvantaged people
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Exploratory Paper The topic of young offenders caught my eye as I was scanning for an idea to write my paper. Criminals of any fashion are of interest to me‚ and youth in the justice system is a subject that I have dealt with throughout my high school career. A friend of mine has been in and out of correctional facilities‚ and it was not till later that they discovered he had a mental disorder that he was not being treated for. This is upsetting because if he had been scanned for an issue such as
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There should be no special treatment for convicted young offenders. They should be treaded as adults. In the year of 1982‚ Parliament passed the Young Offenders Act (YOA). Effective since 1984‚ the Young Offenders Act replaced the most recent version of the Juvenile Delinquents Act. The Young Offenders Act’s purpose was to shift from a social welfare approach to making youth take responsibility for their actions. It also addressed concerns that the paternalistic treatment of children under the
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Are laws targeting the right people? So far in the class‚ I’ve learned that criminal justice is not black and white. It has the goal of being that way‚ but mostly it’s a lot of grey area. The topic of habitual offenders is just another grey area. Some of the laws in place for habitual offenders are perfectly affective. I also believe that there are some who commit crimes so small and insignificant that the law should not be enforced. I do believe in mistakes and poor choices. Do those people deserve
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Identification of Victims Identifications of victims is an issue service providers and law enforcement struggle with daily. Trafficking is very much a hidden crime‚ meaning most individuals could not identify a trafficking victim‚ even if they lived in their own community. There is only very recently increased awareness of trafficking‚ its victims‚ how to identify them‚ and how to treat them. According to Heather Clawson and Nicole Dutch‚ trafficking victims are kept isolated with no freedom and
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A victim “is an individual who suffer injuries‚ losses‚ or hardships for any reason”‚ (Karmen‚ 2013). Persons may become victims of “accidents‚ natural disasters‚ diseases‚ or social problems such as warfare‚ discrimination‚ political witch hunts‚ and other injustices”‚ (Karmen‚ 2013). Being a victim of a crime can be very traumatic at times. People often tend to forget the damage it may cause to family‚ friends‚ and significant others. Indirect‚ also known as secondary victims‚ “are not immediately
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| Castration | Should Serious Sex Offenders be Castrated [please include the two main types of castration]? Why do you agree or disagree with the question? What would be your determination for castration? Does castration work? Is it good social policy? | Castration is the removal of male testes resulting in sterility‚ decreased sexual desire and inhibition of secondary sex characteristics such as hair growth and deepening of the voice. Castration in humans is sometimes necessary for some
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registration (of convicted sex offenders) serve the public interests‚ and or does this labeling process do more harm than good? Pls fully explain and defend your views. I am the father of 4 children. I have three daughters; 23‚ 14 and 7 and a 21 year old boy. The thought of my children‚ any of them‚ older or younger‚ being the victim of a sex offense scares me to death. I have always been in favor of the National Sex Offender Registry. I have thought of the sex offender registry as a tool. Since
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Critically evaluate the current methods employed in the Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTP). Include in your answer an overview of their theoretical foundations Sexual offenders are complex individuals for the Criminal Justice System (CJS) to effectively deal with. The offences committed by these individuals are recognized as serious and harmful to both their victims and the general public. Crown Prosecution Service (2010) stated the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (the Act) came into force on the
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While Greenberg‚ Grekul‚ and Nelson report on the social causes that lead Aboriginal youth to become involved in crime‚ Stoneman and Artz seek to demonstrate how young female offenders are treated more harshly than their male counterparts once a part of the youth justice system due to “moral panic” (pg. 173). The common‚ unsubstantiated fear remains that girls are committing more crimes and acts of violence (193). Statistics Canada (2012) reports that in reality‚ female youth account for just 3 percent
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