legislation or movements that shaped the treatment of juvenile offenders/delinquents. With all the reading and research on legislation towards juvenile offenders and delinquents I chose to elaborate and explain on how the 20th century shaped treatment for juvenile offenders. Congress enacted the Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act in 1974. This landmark legislation established JJDP to support local and state efforts to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system. From what I interpret
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significant differences between the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. Primarily, the juvenile court system focuses more on the rehabilitation of juveniles and offers more sentencing options as compared to the adult criminal justice system. The primary goal of juvenile court is to keep the youth out of jail and remain within the community for further opportunities to create a strong social community bond. Community service, counseling and mentoring programs do a great service of fostering
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maintain the juvenile justice system as a separate entity from the adult court systems. It must stay separate in both the way cases are disposed and in the way sentence is carried out. Namely, punishment as in the adult system must be avoided and continued to be replaced by rehabilitation. In recent years, there has been intensive debate about whether the juvenile justice system should focus its limited resources on rehabilitation or punishment to curtail the rising statistics in juvenile delinquency
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Special Populations Ann M. Morris ~ Arft University of Phoenix BSHS 402 April 30th, 2012 Jason Pepodila Special Populations Groups of people considered to have or be at a disadvantage are thought to be part of a special population. Different states and jurisdictions within will have varying definitions, and the populations who are served by the definition vary. The term can refer to disabled individuals, which under federal law means “an individual with any disability as defined in section
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An Overview of Juvenile Delinquency in the United States 1. Introduction Juvenile delinquency regards crimes that are committed by individuals under the age of 18. Juveniles can be treated as adults depending on the nature of the crimes. Misdemeanors are minor crimes that don’t carry harsh penalties although felony related offenses do. Each state has juvenile courts that deal with juvenile delinquency. In 2010, there were a total of 308,745,538 juvenile delinquents living in the United States
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Delaware’s Juvenile Justice System as compared to Other State’s Juvenile Justice Systems Ashley The juvenile justice system, just like the justice system for adults in the United States, could benefit from undergoing a few changes. Delaware is one of the states where juvenile justice policies are extremely complicated and usually result in many people losing hope and giving up, meaning a higher recidivism rate amongst our youth. The purpose of this memorandum is to propose five changes the
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Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections Camerin Hillman CJA/374 January 5, 2014 Suzanne Martinez Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections This paper is about a known 17 year old black gang member with multiple previous juvenile adjudications that consist of crimes such as purse snatching, breaking and entering, and drug possession. This young man, who goes by Xander L, not only has a long history of law breaking and bad behavior starting at the age of 13, but also has already served a year
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Juvenile Drug Abuse and Prevention Abstract The appetite for drugs and drug abuse is problematic in the United States. Powder cocaine is the adult recreational drug of choice. The United States is the world’s largest consumer of cocaine shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean. Pharm parties are the Juveniles’ new trend for getting high. When it comes to our children the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, revealed that more than 2.1 million persons 12 year of age
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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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JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE NEW ERA S.No | Description | Page No. | 1. | Introduction | 3 | 2. | Historical background | 4 | 3. | Evolution of juvenile justice system I. Several unique feature characterized in early juvenile court II. English idea of providing separate system for juvenile offender III. The Reformatory schools | 5 | 4. | International concern I. Relevant Article from UN convention II. Movement of Juvenile justice in India | 7 | 5. | Indian legal Provision
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