Approaches Maryland Maryland’s rising juvenile rate has made the state become more of restorative justice and more so a system of graduated sanctions in those sanctions there is three basic goals: public safety and community protection; offender accountability; and competency and character development. In other hand these ideas give Maryland to go to new directions (Simms, 2008). In Maryland the juvenile justice system is different than most states. The “The juvenile court may waive its jurisdiction
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Juvenile Crime Statistics Angela Coffey CJA/374 May 13, 2015 Professor Erica Williams Juvenile Crime Statistics The overall decrease in juvenile arrests according to Puzzanchera (December 2009), “the latest data reflect such progress, with a 3% decline in overall juvenile arrests from 2007 to 2008 and a 2% decrease in juvenile arrests for violent offenses over the same timeframe.” In addition to Puzzanchera (December 2009), “similar positive trends are evidenced across most offense
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Curbing Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile delinquency is defined by the law as youthful offenders (those 18 and under) who commit offenses that would be considered criminal if they were in front of the court as an adult (Siegel & Welsh, 2012). It has become more serious in the last fifty years or so. Crime and offenses mostly committed by the youth has been on the rise since the mid-twentieth century. It is an area that has received much media attention and has politicians worried. There are several
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Adolescent: Psychosocial Development 1. Being a juvenile in any one’s life is part of the stage of development. The behavior patterns of juveniles are influenced in part by what goes on in the environment in which they live. Family members, friends, and peers all influence for the juvenile. It is sometimes accompanied by a desire for material things, fashion, peer pressure, cash and more. Social changes can intensified those needs and create anxiety for adolescents and thus they commit delinquent
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“Crime prevention has no concrete definition, but focuses on representing a proactive, socially informal approach that not only reduces crime, but also eliminates the fear of crime.” Denning, B. R. (2015). When you have success with crime prevention, in the long run this will promote a safer community by changing the perception of safety and also the attitudes and behaviors that would make people feel safe. I believe that crime prevention is a community effort including the law enforcement as well
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Social Work: Juvenile Delinquency In the last twenty years, juvenile crime is at its lowest point. It has decreased 36% since 1996 (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention). With this change in crime rate, it can be assumed that the prevention of juvenile delinquency has been a great asset to our country, and leads into the profession of social workers role in juvenile delinquency. An overview of this field requires a social worker to be knowledgeable with criminal law, principles
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Mauldin Corrections and Treatment 2 There are some community based treatments that are used for juveniles that are set up to help them. The first one I would like to talk about is Functional Family Therapy – this targets 11-18 year old at risk for and/or preventing delinquency, violence, substance abuse, conduct disorder (CD), oppositional defiant disorder
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Running head: JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS PAPER 1 Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper CJA/374 JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS PAPER 2 Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper Introduction Juvenile crime statistics is truly misunderstood by today’s society. The general public pushes for harsher punishment when in reality juvenile crime rate has actually decreased. This paper will summarize the “Juvenile Arrests 2008”. This paper will further discuss the overall decrease in juvenile arrests, the increase
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Juvenile Offenders with Mental Health Issues Adolescence is a critical time of development. During this period there are significant changes in brain development, emotions, cognition, behavior, and personal relationships. It is during this time that most major mental health disorders appear, many of which carry over into adulthood. Behavior patterns such as substance abuse also often develop during this time and may continue throughout adulthood. Many adolescents struggling with mental health
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Outreach Programs and Their Effectiveness in Lowering Crime Outreach programs are amongst one of the solutions that communities turn to when they begin to see elevated crime rates. The real question, however, is: Are these programs effective? I strongly believe that community outreach programs may be our one valid solution to lowering crime rates in a country that is seeing some of the highest crime rates that we have ever seen. I have found two scholarly articles along with two newspaper articles
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