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Juvenile Delinquency Delinquent Acts
999 wordsRemember doing something mischievous or wrong when you were a kid and getting the label "delinquent" slapped on you? Did you ever wonder what it meant? That is what my topic for today is... juvenile delinquency. In this report I will: define juvenile delinquency, give the extent of juvenile delinquency, give some suggestions on what causes juvenile delinquency, and what is being done in various communities to deal with this growing problem. The legal term juvenile delinquent was established so t...
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Year Old Man 17 Year Olds
2,054 words... tor" lacks the intelligence or the "masking capabilities" of the psychopath to achieve success outside of the criminal world. (9) The "super predator" is not psychotic. Psychotics are largely out of touch with reality. They suffer from delusions, hallucinations, or other disordered states. They are often found not guilty of crimes they commit by reason of insanity. (8) Today, especially in the inner cities, children, in the age ranges of 5 to 9 yrs of age, are all to often left to their own ...
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Juvenile Crime Committing Crimes
1,053 wordsRecent studies have shown that there has been a growth in juvenile delinquency since the 1970 's. It is believed that by the year 2010, juvenile crime will double. Congress is moving to implement harsher penalties for underage criminals, but more effective law enforcement and stiffer penalties cannot effectively combat crime. Not everyone agrees with the idea that law enforcement and stiffer penalties cannot effectively combat crime. Some people say that tough law enforcement policies have reduc...
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Social Learning Theory Chesney Lind
2,600 wordsStudies have been conducted on what factors lead to delinquency. Proposed factors of delinquency have been studied in three major fields, biological, psychological, and sociological. This study is guided by psychological and sociological theories. The question of whether or not relationships among attachment, aggression, and delinquency exist was investigated through survey research. Attachment, aggression, and delinquent behavior were measured for college students from three universities, one a...
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Juvenile Justice System Committed By Juveniles
807 wordsOn March 7, 2000, Californians voted in favor of Proposition 21 - The Juvenile Justice Initiative... The number of crimes committed by juveniles has risen dramatically, and it will continue to rise unless some action is taken. Thus, juvenile offenders should be punished more severely to deter other teenagers from committing crimes and for the safety of all citizens. I am in favor of the requirement that juvenile offenders, age 14 or older, be tried as adults for serious crimes, such as murder or...
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Juvenile Crime Contract Law
2,191 words... us showing no change in the return to crime for the mediated group. Barriers to Mediation Which Apply to Juveniles The statistics of most mediation programs show a high rate of juveniles following through once the agreement is drawn up. However, basic contract law makes contracts that are normally binding voidable at the will of a minor. 27 U. Tol. L. Rev. 897, 905. This ability to void contracts could pose a problem in the ultimate success of juvenile mediations. Contract law poses some int...
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San Diego Greenhaven Sirs Researcher
1,235 words... hold the same discipline as an adult prison, but keeping the services provided to a minimum. We are trying to teach these criminals a lesson. Neither juvenile nor adult prison should be a pleasant place to live. There have been many recent trends in Juvenile law enforcement from ranches, to boot camps even holding the parents responsible for the parents responsible for their childrens crime (Landau 97). It is stated that students should be taught at a young age in school that if you do the c...
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Differential Association Theory Juvenile Justice System
1,119 words... ells and Rankin, 1988). Social workers and other professionals might need to help families establish guidelines for appropriate conduct for misbehavior. In addition to the previously discussed contributing factors, there are several theories that attempt to explain why juveniles engage in criminal behavior. Current research suggests that delinquent behavior is learned behavior and not genetically encoded. Two of the most prominent theories are Differential Association theory and Social Contr...
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Juvenile Justice System Juvenile Offenders
709 wordsEven without the same level of involvement as victims or juvenile justice system participants, the public has the perception that juveniles get off lightly, merely slapped on the wrist all too often. Moreover, there is a strong undercurrent of belief by the public that juveniles, who are all too familiar with the powerlessness of the system, are encouraged to continue their lawless lives. While juvenile advocates dismiss the commonly held belief that harsher punishment would deter crime, they do...
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Trying Young Violent Juveniles As Adults
2,299 wordsTrying Young Violent Juveniles as Adults (1) In order for us to be able to figure out pros and cons of trying young juveniles as adults, we would have to define the essence of this issue. There is absolutely no doubt that juveniles are capable of committing crimes. At the same time, many juvenile offenders do not consciously realize the consequences of their actions, which give us a valid reason to suggest that the standard prosecution procedures might not be applicable to them. There are numero...
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Criminal Justice System National Drug Control
2,440 words... of Prisoners, 2004, 4) In the United States the inmates rights are guaranteed by the Federal Constitution, Federal Statutes and regulations. So what are rights of the prisoners? First of all, there are political rights right to vote, serve on a jury or run for a political office. Criminals who are imprisoned for felonies usually do not have the right to vote as well as other political rights, however those convicted of a misdemeanor are free to exercise their political rights. Prisoners are ...
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Does Sentencing Minors As Adults Work
1,658 wordsDoes Sentencing Minors as Adults Work? In 1990 s American society got fed up with juvenile thugs. People complained that juvenile justice system failed to reform young criminals and what is more, it became a revolving door where young criminals thumbed their noses at discipline, kept right on committing crimes and avoided consequences because of their age. The decision was made to toughen punishment for adolescents and to allow their trying in adult courts. As a consequence of it, in 1996 many s...
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Los Angeles California Three Strikes Law
2,100 words... it will deny these people from receiving rehabilitation and instead they will be put in state prison. Crime rate will also increase if proposition 21 is passed. This Proposition was also proposed so that crime rate would reduce, but in reality it will only increase. Many teenagers will go to prison for silly things like for example shoplifting. Shoplifting is a crime but it is not serious enough for one to be put in jail for. This will increase the statistics because there will be more teena...
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Juveniles And The Death Penalty
2,529 wordsJuveniles and the Death Penalty The most severe of all sentences is the death penalty. Death penalty has been banned in many countries throughout the world, however, in the United States, an earlier move to get rid of capital punishment has now been overturned, and more and more states are resorting to capital punishment for serious offenses such as murder. The abolishment of the death penalty is still one of the major political and social issues. Many people support this form of punishment, whi...
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Year Old Man 17 Year Olds
3,953 wordsWhat Juvenile Psycopaths Juvenile Psychopaths What is the super predator? He or she are young hyper criminals who are committing acts of violence of unprecedented coldness and brutality. This newest phenomena in the world of crime is perhaps the most dangerous challenge facing society and law enforcement ever. While psychopaths are not new, this breed of super criminal exceeds the scope of psychopathic behavior. They are younger, more brutal, and completely unafraid of the law. While current res...
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Chesney Lind Juvenile Delinquency
5,300 wordsCORRELATES OF DELINQUENCY Matelina M. Aulava Chaminade University 3140 Waialae Ave. Honolulu HI 96816 Abstract Studies have been conducted on what factors lead to delinquency. Proposed factors of delinquency have been studied in three major fields, biological, psychological, and sociological. This study is guided by psychological and sociological theories. The question of whether or not relationships among attachment, aggression, and delinquency exist was investigated through survey research. At...
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Single Parent Families 4 Th Ed
1,185 wordsImagine a thirteen-year-old boy living with his mother. His parents have been divorced since he was four-years-old. He has never really known his father and therefore uses his friends for his male role models. His mother has to work two jobs to support her family and is therefore not there to spend much time with her child. This is the type of child that is normally delinquent. Add to this scenario a group of teenage friends that are involved in delinquent activities and it is almost guaranteed ...
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Juvenile Justice System Delinquency Prevention
1,287 wordsWhat about girls? Stress, teenage mother hood, drug habits all those components needs survival skills. How do you keep those survival skills? Gangs, prostitution, abuse? To us juvenile delinquency is something that we look at it with disdain instead of taking the time to look into sociological issues, emotional issues and the reality that would give us a clearer view and still not make us feel or understand the conditions they live in, the pressures they go through or face everyday. For us to be...
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2,188 wordsJuveniles and the Death Penalty Why it? s not a Deterrent, and How it can Become One Today, minors are using their age as a shield against capital punishment. I feel the death penalty is appropriate for juveniles in certain circumstances, such as murder and brutal crimes that are considered capital offenses. The rate at which the death penalty is carried out, as well as inconstancies in sentencing doesn? t make it a deterrent. There should not be an age limit in all capital offenses for those wh...
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Criminal Justice System Juvenile Justice System
2,633 wordsThe essay is writen using the (Kolb and fry model) Thesis Statement Concrete Experience Many different types of projects in different countries have reduced levels of delinquency and violence by tackling the causes to the extent to which crime is reduced through many different types and forms of crime prevention projects including: designing out crime; promoting social control; supporting young persons and families; breaking the cycle of violence against women and children; and promoting individ...
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