According the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1,024,000 juveniles were arrested in 2014 for crimes ranging from murder to curfew violations. Out of the 50 states in the union, only 12 (Kelerleber, 2015) states require that police working as school resource officers be trained to handle students in a school. There needs to be a standard with not only resource officers but every cop should have a basic and functional understanding how and why juveniles act the way they do.
In recent news there have been story after story coming out about school resource officers being far too aggressive. Reports out of Baltimore Maryland (WBAL11) about a scuffle between an officer and 3 middle school girls. It started out as the officer calling one of the young ladies “little girl”, which she took offence to and got lippy with the officer. The officer then attempted to restrain the girl. At that point the girl’s older sister and cousin became involved by what looks like trying to separate the two. At that point the officer pulled her baton. Striking the cousin twice, once in the head causing a laceration that required 10 stitches. The sisters were sprayed in the face with pepper spray.
Another from Covington Kentucky (Yan, CNN) were a 3rd grader with ADHD was kicking the seat in front of him. Deputy Sumner was called in to assist with the rambunctious child. The boy was handcuffed above the elbows and saying “It’s your decision to behave this way,” and “If you want the handcuffs off, you’re going to have to behave and ask me nicely.”
It’s easy to argue that the young people in the examples didn’t comply with orders and that there are rules that need to be followed and they weren’t. In these and in numerous inciden...
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Schools are one thing, they need to have specialized training as they deal with a high amount of youth every day. The normal cop probably doesn’t need such robust training but maybe more the rout of the Mr. Rodgers videos to give them a base understanding of a mindset that they have out grown, the mind set of reaction not logical thought and processing.
It falls back onto community policing. Having the police know the neighborhoods that they work in, knowing the parents of the kids walking around and being able to use the option of taking them home and handling it with a guardian instead of them being put into detention and learning things that they never would have if they were able to keep leading the lives they had before the got a harsh sentence for something as trivial as a 16 year old having a pack of Newport’s on them.
The United States is no stranger to crime, unfortunately there has been an increased amount of criminal activity in the city of Columbus. The most drastic increase in criminal activity has been among teens as young as thirteen, and are usually commited during after school hours. The city of Columbus has made attempts to be proactive in reducing the crime rate in with little success. Many residents believe that increased punishment for adolescent crimes is the proper measure that needs to be taken. While, many other residents believe that parents should be held responsible for their children’s after school care. The average working adult in Columbus usually works on the average of at least forty hours a week to maintain an average lifestyle. With fifty-five percent of children living in a single parent household with a single income, it is near impossible for many of these parents to be able to not only supervise their children at all times, but afford care in most cases. This is a cry for help the city of Columbus should invest in an increase of free after school programs for children ages thirteen and older.
Today not only do we have adults committing crimes, but millions of adolescents are committing the same crimes as adults. “Statistics show more than 1.1 million youths being arrested on a daily basis, and more than 800,000 youths belonging to different gangs (Siegel &Welsh, 2014).” It is the state juvenile authorities to deal with these children and the cost is massive. So states came up with programs to put a stop to kids becoming delinquents. With doing so they hope to save money and help kids.
reference in the fight to lower juvenile crime rates and understand problems before they start.
Another positive thing about trying juveniles as adults is that those juveniles are taken from their neighborhood, and by doing this it opens the eyes of other teens who are around watching everything that happens. “We once arrested a teen right in the middle of his block. You should've seen everyone out of their houses watching the incident.” ( Chief Hernandez, 62) According to his words he seemed surprised on how of an impact it was to the rest of the community watching. Reports showed that gang violence decreased in that neighborhood that year. Teens look out of what i...
Justice has always been the goal of our court system, but it is not always served, especially in cases involving juveniles. The judiciary process has evolved from a system that did not initially consider juveniles, to one where juveniles have their own court proceedings, facilities, and even rules or laws. The juvenile justice system has come a long way, and people have worked very hard in its creation. A juvenile is considered to be an individual, under the age of 18, resembling an adult. However, resembling an adult does not always mean that juveniles will have an adult mindset. Thus, juveniles may need extra attention to help get their lives on track. This paper will analyze various ways involving juveniles and correction facilities and programs.
Torbet, Patricia, et. al. State Responses to Serious and Violent Juvenile Crime. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1996.
As minors commit violent crimes without being held accountable, they can grow up to be real criminals and they can be very dangerous. Without a solid foundation of what is right and wrong, these minors will grow up believing that their actions are the norm. For this reason, minors need to be held accountable. They need to be taught that they cannot get away with their crimes. In 2007, courts with juvenile jurisdiction handled an estimated 1.7 million delinquency cases. Delinquency cases include vandalism, shoplifting, robbery, and murder. These are just some of the crimes minors can commit. This was up by forty-four percent from 1985. If a minor grows up believing that crime is acceptable, they will repeat the pattern. Without interrupting the pattern and making them accountable, these minors will always have a twisted sense of right and wrong. A sense of what is right and wrong is important and can be learned at any age. Minors learn very young, what...
Juvenile crime in the United States is ballooning out of control along with adult crimes, and politicians and law enforcement officials don’t seem to be able to do anything about it. Despite tougher sentencing laws, longer probation terms, and all other efforts of lawmakers, the crime and recidivism rates in our country can’t be reduced. The failure of these recent measures along with new research and studies by county juvenile delinquency programs point to the only real cure to the U.S.’s crime problem: prevention programs. The rising crime rates in the United States are of much worry to most of the U.S.’s citizens, and seems to be gaining a sense of urgency. Crime ranks highest in nationwide polls as Americans’ biggest concern (Daltry 22). For good reason- twice as many people have been victims of crimes in the 1990s as in the 1970s (Betts 36). Four times as many people under the age of eighteen were arrested for homicide with a handgun in 1993 than in 1983 (Schiraldi 11A). These problems don’t have a quick fix solution, or even an answer that everyone can agree on. A study by the Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy has found no deterrent effects of the “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law recently put into effect by politicians (Feinsilber 1A). It has been agreed however that there is not much hope of rehabilitating criminals once started on a life of crime. Criminologist David Kuzmeski sums up this feeling by saying, “If society wants to protect itself from violent criminals, the best way it can do it is lock them up until they are over thirty years of age.... I am not aware of any treatment that has been particularly successful.” The problem with his plan is that our country simply doesn’t have the jail space, or money to ...
If every school were to have a police officer, the cost would be over 5.4 billion dollars. That’s a lot of money, but it will be worth every cent knowing that kids are being protected and saved by them. Some people are worried that police are being put in schools because of student’s behavior. They say that if you treat a child like a criminal, they will become one. That is not what I am suggesting. The police officers need to be in a situation in which they can be on the same side as the students, and protect the students; not the other way around. Putting police officers in schools will be expensive, and controversial, but it will be worth it knowing that students and staff are being saved every
Very few youth of today have respect for teachers, elders, or each other. Everyday more and more instances of violent crime are committed by our nation’s youth and children. Shocking accounts of children bringing guns to school as a means of solving problems with a teacher or a fellow student are becoming increasingly frequent. Children are committing crime, which were one thought only committed by adults such as rape, robbery, and murder.
It is sad to say the police brutality is not getting any better, and those who are chosen to protect and serve us are starting to hurt us. Is there a thing as too much authority? And if so how can we as a people protect ourselves from acts of brutality? It’s obvious those appointed are either poorly trained or just bad cops. There is a such thing as good cops but the bad ones seem to come up more it’s just the picture they paint of
One of the best strategies for combating juvenile delinquency is adopting developmental crime prevention program. Developmental crime prevention programs aim to lower an individual’s potential of becoming criminal. The theory that guides these types of programs is that criminal and deviant activity is the result of early life experiences and learning. These programs put an emphasis on what causes individuals to commit deviant acts in order to identify ways that this activity can be stopped (Lab, 2014). A key piece to developmental crime prevention programs is identifying risk and protective factors for offending.
... well they handle each situation without crossing the line” (Chaney). It is highly important for police academies to hire suitable and qualified officers; and provide a broad and continuous training, with good supervision to help decrease the use of excessive force in law enforcement officers.
Juvenile delinquency is committing criminal acts or offenses by a young person, generally involving people under the age of eighteen. That is what this research proposal is about. For my research proposal my research question is what can cause or deter juvenile delinquency in first time offenders? I feel that this is an important question to be asking, because in our society there is too much juvenile delinquency and if we can use this research to figure out what can cause and deter this phenomenon then we could sincerely help a lot of adolescents.
Juvenile delinquency is one of the major social issues in the United States today. Juvenile delinquency, also known as juvenile offending, is when “a violation of the law committed by a juvenile and not punishable by death or life imprisonment” (Merriam-webster.com). Although we have one justice system in America, the juvenile system differs from the adult juvenile system. Most juvenile delinquents range from as low as the age of seven to the age of seventeen. Once the delinquent or anyone turns the age of eighteen, they are considered an adult. Therefore, they are tried as an adult, in the justice system. There are many different reasons why a child would commit crime, such as mental and physical factors, home conditions, neighborhood environment and school conditions. In addition, there are a variety of effects that juvenile justice systems can either bad effects or good effects. Finally there are many different solutions that can reduce juvenile delinquency. As a result, juvenile delinquency is a major issue and the likeliness of it can be reduced. In order to reduce juvenile delinquency there has to be an understanding of the causes and the effects.