assault in its Violent Crime Index. The juvenile arrest rate for each of these offenses has been declining steadily since the mid-1990s. The murder rate fell 70% from its 1993 peak through 2001 (Snyder‚ 2003). Statistics: Research has shown that crimes committed by juveniles are more likely to be cleared by law enforcement than crimes committed by adults. The clearance data in the Crime in the United States series show that the proportion of violent crimes attributed to juveniles by law enforcement
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the children in juvenile are awaiting trial. I find it interesting that a child as young as 6 years old can go to juvenile and a child as young as 16 be tried as an adult in court and sent away to prison. Some of the crimes these young children commit should not be committed. Majority of the crimes happen because they rather are in juvenile detention centers rather than home. They find the detention centers more like comfort zones. What can we do as a community to stop these crimes from happening
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Juevenile Crime is a very real threat we have today in the United States. Every year‚ juvenile crime rates increase. I understand that our community wants to institue a night-time curfew for teenagers under the age of seventeen. However‚ I do not believe that the proposed curfew for youths is the most efficeient or even legal way of handling juvenile crime in our community. Although a teenage curfew sounds like an appealing solution to juveinle crime‚ i think that it achieves very little. The first
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Juvenile Crime and Punishment A controversial topic is whether or not juvenile offenders should be tried as adults. Before answering this question‚ people should consider some underlying facts beforehand. The nature of the crime should be considered as well as if juveniles are mentally mature enough to understand the repercussions of their crime. Depending on the crimes‚ whether violent or non-violent the sentence should fit the crime regardless of the age of the perpetrator. If tried and convicted
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“Green Initiatives” in schools at any age level is a positive step towards installing sustainability in the minds of future generations. To reduce the amount of energy needed‚ recycle rain water‚ lessen landfill space and cut the barrels of oil used by Americans daily; can insure that our natural resource will be intact for many years to come. However‚ obstacles to Green Initiatives are costs‚ program management and proper data collection. Is it possible to initiate Green Methods in schools and
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Juvenile Crime & Justice “A criminal is a person with predatory instincts without sufficient capital to form a corporation‚” stated Clarence Darrow. A criminal offense is bad enough‚ but a criminal offense coming from a minor is the worst crime you can commit as a child. Juvenile crime is a crime committed by someone under the age of 18. Juvenile crime is a problem‚ and it has been since the mid-1980s and peaked in the 1990s. More than 150 children are convicted every day‚ including assault and burglary
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Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper CJA 374 December 5‚ 2012 Jamie Loomis Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper This work summarizes the “Juvenile Arrests 2008”. This paper will summarize the key points of the “Juvenile Arrests 2008” and will address the following in this paper. The overall decrease in juvenile arrests‚ The increase in drug offenses and simple assaults and Implications for juvenile females and members of ethnic and racial minorities. The writer will also address the increase
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Does Incarceration Prevent Crimes Some form of crime has always been around and will continue to be around because it is in our human nature. The best thing we can do is to deter as much crime as we can whether it be harsher incarceration sentences or alternative sanctions treatment programs. Unfortunately‚ I feel incarceration alone is not an effective crime prevention strategy and I will explain why. A quick fix In an ideal world‚ prison and jail make sense. A criminal gets caught‚ loses their
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Abstract Over the years school shootings have affected many lives all over the world. Witness of a school shooting can have emotional‚ psychological‚ and physical effects. In United States alone there have been 142 school shootings since 2013. What can we do to prevent school shootings? The first thing they need to do is strengthen gun laws. Only people who are mentally stable and have a good reason should only be allowed to own a gun. All gun owners should attend a mandatory training;
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Develop an initiative to reduce the use and sale of drugs within a community that might be proposed to a police chief as a cost effective and practical solution. Summarize‚ if any‚ the involvement of each major component in the criminal justice system in this initiative. Write a paper outlining your initiative. Use external resources to support your ideas. Law enforcement agencies take a critical part in prevention strategies as well as community-based prevention groups. Most communities have
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