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    Juvenile Justice

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    ------------------------------------------------- Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 Republic Act No. 9344‚ also known as the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 (full text)‚ is an act establishing a comprehensive juvenile justice and welfare system‚ creating the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council under the Department of Justice. R.A. 9344 is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1402 and House Bill No. 5065‚ passed by the Senate and House of Representatives on 22 March 2006. It was

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    1. What does it mean to be a citizen? The term "Citizen" is defined in the compact Macquarie Dictionary as‚ "a member‚ native or naturalised‚ of state or nation". This paper intends to question what it is that constitutes a member or citizen‚ of state or nation. Many concepts and theories are promoted by political theorists and practitioners alike that are varied and many in response to defining a "citizen". The expanse of these theories ranges from the all-encompassing endorsement of world citizenship

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    impression that has negative influence while others believe children get benefits from working. This essay will take a closer look at the both side of the issue. Engaging in work for children hide the risk inside. At First‚ young people is exchange the time to get the vital experiences but there is no guarantee that they can get what they want. Because some of jobs are physical works and require no skill. Secondly‚ children might be interrupted from doing assignments because they feel exhausting

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    Trying Juveniles as Adults

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    Trying Juveniles as Adults If your son or daughter were killed by a seventeen-year-old‚ would you be able to accept the fact that the murderer would be walking the streets again in less than a year because the law allows those under eighteen to be tried as juveniles? Forty-four states and Washington‚ DC‚ passed several laws between 1992 and 1997 enabling the judiciary to transfer juveniles to the adult court system. Today‚ murders committed by adults have decreased over 18%‚ but murders by juveniles

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    Sentencing of Juveniles

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    The Sentencing of Juveniles Today‚ we live in a society faced with many problems‚ including crime and the fear that it creates. In the modern era‚ juveniles have become a part of society to be feared‚ not rehabilitated. The basis of the early juvenile justice system was to rehabilitate and create safe havens for wayward youth. This is not the current philosophy‚ although the U.S. is one of the few remaining countries to execute juveniles. Presently‚ our nation is under a presidential administration

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    What are Push Theory and Pull Theory?  Pull theory: In economics‚ the demand-pull theory is the theory that inflation occurs when demand for goods and services exceed existing supplies. According to the demand pull theory‚ there is a range of effects on innovative activity driven by changes in expected demand‚ the competitive structure of markets‚ and factors which affect the valuation of new products or the ability of firms to realize economic benefits. In a marketing "pull" system‚ the consumer

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    in prison for the rest of their lives.” This is a quote from David Berger‚ who is a Deputy District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles‚ California. He believes that juveniles should not be charged as adults‚ even if the crime they committed is considered a ´tragedy´ and is thought to be ´horrid´. But we should not try juveniles as adults for many reasons. Three of these reasons are that legally‚ they are not of adult age‚ their brains have not developed‚ and() First of all‚ articles from jjei

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    powder the same powder they kill people with. Then they are and given a gun and one order‚ kill. These adolescents were desperate and about to die if they did not get food‚water and shelter. They also were terribly brainwashed and abducted. These juveniles deserve amnesty for how much pain and suffering these minors were put through. Girls and Boys just like Grace go through pain‚ “‘I am not sure I will be able to live a normal life and that someone will take care of me’” (Perelman‚ para 3). These

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    Issues with Juveniles

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    Issues with Juveniles Michelle Little (McMichael) CRJ 303 Professor Karabekou March 13‚ 2013 Issues with Juveniles Juveniles can break the law just like adults can. The difference is in the way they are treated after the fact‚ from the police interaction to the type of punishment they will ultimately receive. In most cases getting to the child before criminal behavior begins may stop a life of crime before it begins. In this paper I will be going over the importance of child development

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    Plato’s theory of forms‚ also called his theory of ideas‚ states that there is another world‚ separate from the material world that we live in called the "eternal world of forms". This world‚ to Plato‚ is more real than the one we live in. His theory is shown in his Allegory of the Cave (from The Republic‚ Book VII)‚ where the prisoners only live in what they think is a real world‚ but really it is a shadow of reality. According to Plato‚ to the prisoners in the allegory and to humanity in the material

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