Juvenile Justice
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Portfolio on Juvenile Status Offenders
A juvenile status offender is a youth charged with an offense that is not consider a crime if committed by an adult; this would include but not limited to running away from home, curfew violations, underage drinking, skipping school, or beyond a parents control. Status offenders are usually not incarcerated on their first offense, but violating a court order can find them as delinquent who can result in being place in a correction or detention facility. Juvenile crime statistics are gathered from local law enforcement agencies by the FBI in order to better understand the nature and extent of juvenile crimes in the United States. Juvenile crime statistics reflect arrest information and do not account for unreported juvenile crime rates. Juvenile crime statistics rates have steadily dropped since 1994 when crimes involving juveniles reached a record high. Since 1994, juvenile crime statistics have dropped by forty seven percent (Juvenile Crime Statistics). The question that many may ask is what causes juvenile status offenses; well the answer has numerous amounts of possibilities. Many noncriminal behaviors are caused by poor family surrounding, family functioning, school problems, or community problems. This portfolio aims to inform on the risk factors of status offenders, the types of correction and detentions programs available, the juvenile court system, prevention programs, guiding principles and treatment strategy. Ultimately, working together as a community should bring down juvenile crime rate. Profile and risk factors of a juvenile status offender To determine if a child may be at risk of becoming a status offender you need to know what may cause a child to act out. Many childr...
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that juvenile status offender is charged with an offense that is not considered a crime if committed by an adult. juvenile crime statistics reflect arrest information and do not account for unreported juvenile crime rates.
- Explains that juvenile offenses include domestic violence, neglect, gangs, peer pressure, financial problems, adhd, low intelligence or brain damage. correction programs guide juveniles in the right direction through community interaction, family counseling, recreational and proctor programs, alternative schools, foster homes, employment training and treatment for delinquent behavior
- Explains that juvenile justice is an area of criminal law applicable to someone who is not old enough to be held accountable for a criminal act. each state creates juvenile courts that provide methods for dealing with juvenile delinquency.
- Explains that prevention programs are set up to address the needs of juvenile status offenders and their families. parent and teacher training is the number one key to help the development of children with antisocial skills.
- Explains that juvenile justice programs can help children develop intellectual, emotional, and social skills through activities and counseling. guiding principles are designed as a treatment program to assist communities to reduce juvenile delinquency.
- Cites axia college of university of phoenix's persuasive messages from the department of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.
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- Explains that adverse childhood experiences are correlated with future risk for depressed affect, suicide attempts, multiple sexual partners, sexually transmitted diseases, smoking, and alcoholism.
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- Explains that some children and youth become involved with the juvenile justice system because they accused of committing a delinquent or criminal act, while others meet the system for status offense actions that are illegal only because of the youth's age.
- Explains the racial disparities that characterize criminal justice in america affect young people deeply, and causes minority youth to be over-represented at every stage of the juvenile justice system.
- Explains that minority youths are held at intake, detained prior to adjudication, petitioned file, adjudidicated delinquent, and held in secure confinement facilities more frequently than their white counterparts.
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- Explains that the study uses social disorganization, differential association and labeling theory to understand and address the issues surrounding education, socioeconomic status, and social dilemmas in regard to incarceration amongst juveniles.
- Analyzes how education, economic status, and social problems affect incarceration among juveniles in america.
- Argues that social disorganization theory and the evidence cited as support for this type of theory generated considerable criticism.
- Explains southerland's differential association theory, which focuses on the processes by which persons approach to consign criminal acts illegal behavior is learned.
- Explains that the differential-association theory applies to many types of deviant behavior, such as juvenile gangs, which lionize violence, vengeance, and crime as worth to accomplishing social prestige.
- Explains that the role of education and school is interchangeable. the relationship between iq and delinquency may cause some unrest at the schools.
- Analyzes the correlation between the school-to-prison pipeline and over-utilizing the criminal system to handle student disciplinary matters.
- Explains that the average socioeconomic status of african-american males has deteriorated over the past thirty years.
- Explains that having insufficient capital and limited access to accessible possessions can negatively affect families' pronouncements regarding their young children's growth and learning.
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- Explains that the national report series on 2013 delinquency cases in juvenile court compares previous years of data with current trends.
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- Describes the various legislations and movements that were established in 19th century to address the issue of juvenile justice system.
- Explains that the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century created a difference in the way delinquents were handled.
- Explains that the early reforms contributed to the juvenile justice system as it is today. the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act was amended to state that for weapon violations and crimes that involved violence, juveniles were tried as adults.
- Explains that the current juvenile courts divert from the historical idea of the first juvenile court, which was to treat the child offender as one who needed rehabilitation. stier (2009) of america accused two judges of receiving 2.6 million dollars in exchange for sending juvenile offenders to detention centers owned by private individuals.
- Argues that courts should try as much as possible to reduce the number of juvenile offenders who are moved to the criminal justice system.
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- Opines that the juvenile justice department should not sentence juveniles as adults because they are not ready to face the reality of being sentenced as an adult.
- Opines that society plays an important role in a child's development and the way they are raised.
- Opines that if we want our kids to succeed, we should not sentence them as adults because they won't have a chance to learn from their mistakes.
- Opines that the restorative justice program can change the lives of juvenile teenagers by repairing the harm caused by the crime.
- Argues that juvenile delinquents are young adults that should know the difference between right and wrong and deserve to be punished for their heinous crimes.
- Opines that even though sentencing juveniles as adults is the best way to punish them, it is still possible that these teenagers can learn from their mistakes by educating them and providing all the help they need.
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- Opines that it is a shame that many people at the young age like them decide to live life of misdeeds and become what we call juvenile criminals.
- Opines that crime is crime, and we need to punish them for what they did no matter how big was the crime. the teenager kills the whole family to see what it's like to shoot somebody.
- Opines that without parole is too high for a teenager. a study shows that teenager's brain tissue is still developing.
- Opines that a yes or no question depends on the case and stimulation. did the juvenile plan to murder someone or it was just an accident?
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- Opines that we live in a nation that is based upon the notion of "the land of the free", and "justice for all", but this is far from true.
- Argues that treating children as adults violates the 8th amendment to the united states constitution of "cruel and unusual punishment".
- Opines that society is blinded by the age of the victim and views them as children rather than criminals. their social perspective on justice has been altered primarily due to this aspect.
- Explains rawl's idea of "justice as fairness" and the structure that a society must put themselves into in order to create it.
- Analyzes how rawl creates his vision of a fair society by giving everyone equal opportunities and placing everyone on the same social structure.
- Argues that the criminal justice system was designed to serve justice to victims, not to appeal to the emotions of others.
- Opines that the system is unjust and has opened up a gateway for additional crime. criminals are being tried in juvenile courts and are receiving short and lenient sentences for crimes.
950 wordsRead More - The Status Of Juvenile Delinquentsanalytical essayIn our society today, juvenile delinquents are involved in various acts that are illegal and include curfew violations, truancy, and running away from home. These offenses are known as status offenses (). The term was created for these offenses, in an attempt to identify wrongdoings based on the status or nature of the offense. Understandably, some offenses need to be identified as an infringement that is not serious enough for incarceration or harsh punishment (). Instead, the offenses need to be strategically and passionately handled to identify the circumstances that may have sparked these behaviors, and the proper treatment needs to be assessed, in an effort to provide the best support and rehabilitation to the minor children. Regrettably, despite the attempts to modify the penalties for the illegal acts, some status offenders were sent to institutions for the same offenses that were repeatedly committed.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that juvenile delinquents are involved in various acts that are illegal and include curfew violations, truancy, and running away from home. status offenses need to be strategically and passionately handled to identify the circumstances that may have sparked these behaviors.
- Argues that chronic status offenders should be treated for their repeated offenses based on the national compliance by the states and u.s. territories.
290 wordsRead More - Juvenile Justice Systemopinionated essayThe legal treatment for youth varies all over the world because developed countries base the juvenile laws in the constitution, whereas the developing countries legally treat the youths by customs in the society. Before democracy South Africa used to treat the youths by societal rules, today it complies with the country’s constitution and international laws. I am sharing South Africa efforts with the Child Justice Act (CJA) 75 of 2008 to improve juvenile justice policies and its similarities and discrepancies with the international community and the United States. Per Sloth-Nielsen and Gallinetti (2011) South Africa new justice system is a significant advance in children’s human rights. Because of the debate on human rights, especially children,
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- Opines that south africa's new justice system is a significant advance in children’s human rights.
- Compares the united nations standards rules for the administration of juvenile justice with the beijing rules, riyadh rules and juveniles deprived of their liberty (jdl) rules.
- Explains that the riyadh guidelines and the havana rules are supplementary to the crc.
- Compares the age of criminal responsibility between the united nations crc, united states, and south africa because of the differences in the juvenile justice models.
- Explains that south africa's justice system is inspired by the united nations crc, but differs from the u.s.
- Explains that the south african constitution mirrors the convention on the rights of the child (crc).
- Explains that the states use four basic correctional models: treatment, justice, crime control, and the balanced and restorative justice (barj).
- Opines that the united nations convention on the rights of a child (crc) and the us department of state (dos) continue to improve the policies and procedures of juvenile justice globally.
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