YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Arguing in Favor of Adult Sentences for Certain Juvenile Offenders
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by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...
As a consequence there has been a growing tendency within our criminal justice system to try juveniles who commit such atrocities ...
vary somewhat from state to state, juvenile justice typically has a similar protocol. At the time a juvenile is arrested, a decis...
and administrative changes have transformed the juvenile court from an initial rehabilitative social welfare agency into a scaled...
(Overview, 2004). The age of majority, that is, the age at which the defendant is considered an adult differs from state to state....
In 1899, the first juvenile court case was heard in Chicago as authorized by the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (Penn, 2001). The ju...
Juveniles are responsible for an astounding percentage of the crime in this country. Even more disturbing is the degree of violen...
5) have a court transcript proceedings and 6) appeal (Dane County Clerk of Courts, 2006). The one most distinguishing difference b...
The latter part of the Twentieth Century was characterized by a growing concern over what was perceived as a growing propensity...
out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
be held any more responsible for his or her actions than a 15 year-old. While certain differences in criminal treatment should pre...
see needs that should be filled. Barber has been in the justice system for many years and she finally began to realize that many o...
members of minority groups. That law has been in place since 1992, and has prompted 40 states to develop programs to reduce minor...
approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...
This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...
believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...
on any further immigration. If this is not implemented and adhered to, he projects the United States population will top three hu...
in fact, last summer when the governor of New Jersey appointed a "friend" to the position of state homeland security. The "friend"...
go without. They avoid doctors and the system entirely and they know that one accident or serious event could wipe them out. In ...
of grandparents, aunts or uncles, brothers or sisters, adoptive parents, single parents and almost any sort of family one could im...
be serious diseases amongst the populace. By mandating it for the greater good, as it is something that will help the greatest num...
in such cases, and no one is the wiser. Euthanasia is then practiced routinely in a clandestine fashion. Why? It is not as if thes...
in which "many public schools have adopted a policy of zero tolerance toward drug use, weapon possession and sexual harassment on ...
In truth, this is an argument that really does not have much of a foundation. It is vague and does not do anything but essentially...
of age or older at the time the juvenile allegedly committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. If the al...
This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...
Criminal justice has many problems confronting it in modern society. Three challenges, in particular, exist in todays criminal ju...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the trying of juvenile offenders in adult courts. Insights are derived from an anno...
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the multitude of roles forensic psychologist play...
be tried - and convicted - as an adult. The extent to which the justice system has historically provided juveniles with a much li...