Juvenile files are confidential because there are state laws in every state that mandates that juvenile files are confidential. For a juvenile to have there file sealed they have to request it from the court. Most get probation with circumstances like community service‚ counseling or drug treatment. We have to look at juveniles differently than we do adults because of their developmental progress. Every juvenile officer who goes through training becomes knowledgeable about the juvenile developmental
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1. Primary Sources • Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 The Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 is the current legislation modifiable to the use of apprehended violence procedures that aim to protect persons from a variety of domestic violence offences. The Act has seen a numerous amount of amendments to improve and strengthen the detained violence order system. I sited the legislation through the Library page linking from the University of Newcastle website‚ under the
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Juvenile Delinquency and Single Parent Homes Juvenile delinquency has been around as long as there have been juveniles. There seems to be some siren call that leads young men and women into acts that are frowned upon by society. There are many types of juvenile delinquency‚ from the benign to the life altering serious kind. I will be looking at the family dynamic and how‚ and if‚ it affects teens and their delinquent activities. Approximately 28% of our nation’s children live in one parent
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Human fascination with the dark and twisted minds of criminals is not a new concept. For years‚ humans have tried to understand what draws people to commit terrible acts. When looking at crime as a whole‚ each case is vastly different in motivation‚ execution‚ and the effects they have on the culprit. The one unifying factor that does exist between crimes ranging from shoplifting to murder is the overwhelming presence of personality disorders that can motivate criminal behavior or justify it for
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Juvenile Delinquency is the participation of illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a statutory age limit. A delinquent is a minor who commits a crime or a status offense. A status offense is conduct that is illegal only because the child is under age i.e. smoking cigarettes (Senna 10‚ 20). The cases of Eric Smith‚ Lionel Tate‚ and an unidentified NJ child are similar only because‚ they are guilty of killing another child‚ but the Criminal Justice System treated and punished them very differently
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Running head: FINAL PROJECT: JUVENILE INCARCERATION Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration Roshon Green‚ Jessica Mays‚ Karen McCord University of Phoenix Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration Statement of Problem The purpose of the juvenile incarceration project is to gain insights into whether or not parental incarceration is related to juvenile incarceration. The research problem is the loss is the cost of incarceration to the state or society. Incarceration is expensive with costs
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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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n.d.). In this initiative the restaurant has focused its attention on going “green” which will be discussed in this paper‚ along with the forces behind these initiatives and any certifications the restaurant has received. Green Initiatives McDonald’s has 31‚000 restaurants in 118 different countries so to establish one environmental blueprint would not work‚ thus the efforts have been redirected to try individualized environmental initiatives. There are multiple initiatives across the world
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The Juvenile Justice System As a growing number of adolescents have been displaying problematic behaviors‚ juvenile delinquency has become more apparent in the United States‚ therefore rendering a greater need for a juvenile justice system. Many have asked such questions as what is juvenile justice system‚ what causes problem behavior in these youths‚ what are the solutions‚ are they effective‚ and which of these solutions yield the greatest results. Juvenile detention centers have become one of
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What Is Cyber Law? A group of petitioners in Philippines‚ consisting of lawmakers‚ bloggers and students‚ have sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the country’s implementation of its Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012--making it the sixth filed against the controversial legislation. According to GMA News Online on Monday‚ the petition centered on the definition of online libel stated in the law‚ specifically sections 4‚ 5 and 6‚ which the petitioners say are "unconstitutional due to
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