Mathis 4/24/01 Criminal Justice In the mid 1990's about one fifth of all persons arrested for crimes were under 18 years of age. ... Other causes include failure at school, increased availability of drugs and alcohol as well as guns which to tend to increase probability of a child committing a crime although direct cause has not been established. ... Residential treatment usually is in a group home where the child undergoes psychological and vocational counseling. Non-residential treatment is where a child remains on their home and goes for treatment at mental healt...

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Is a child entirely responsible for his/her actions at such a young age? ... A child having been molested, psychologically or physically abused, or grown up in a dysfunctional home contributes greatly to a child's actions. ... The child could then come to the conclusion that what they have grown up with is "normal." ... Even so, Justice O"Connor's vote was the fifth and deciding vote to nullify William Thompson's death sentence. ... This situation is an example of a child not thinking about the consequences. ...

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I have found several statistics regarding child offenders. ... Currently it is estimated that juveniles account for up to one-fifth of the rapes, 3and one-half of the cases of child molestation 4committed in the United States each year. ... For example, if a child experiences hostility from older relatives or witnesses the father raping and or beating the mother, the social support for deviance overcome social controls and the child embraces deviant values and behaviors. Definitions of right and wrong are extremely varied, and in this culture conflict the attitudes towards criminal behavior o...

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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain the works of Edwin Sutherland and his theory of differential association. The differential association theory depicts a relationship between a societal structure and criminal behavior. Sutherland illustrates the focuses of differential association in...

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Although crime victim surveys produce more accurate estimates of incidence and prevalence rates than police statistics, and confirm that many offences are not reported to police, they too are acknowledged to underestimate violent crimes of an intimate nature, particularly sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse (Grabosky 1989; National Committee on Violence 1990). ... Child victims There were 2,858 victims of sexual assault under the age of 10 recorded by the police in 1997. ... About one-fifth reported some other kind of sexual assault. ...

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Four-fifths of all gang members were either African-American or Hispanic by the 1970's. ... (Sadler, 1997) The group offered this abused child the structure and emotional support that he desperately craved. ...

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During the 18th and 19th century, the age at which a child should be held responsible for his or her actions was debated for centuries. "No child under the age of discretion should be punished for any crime- (Blackstone, 1899, p. 1230). ... A routine day in the house of refuge was not unlike a child's routine day in one of our modern youth prisons. ... Disposition  At a hearing, the juvenile court judge reviews the recommendations of all concerned parties concerning what should happen to the child (Ibid, p.196) Aftercare  Whatever disposition is made of the case, the...

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The fifth principle of differential association theory is that ``definitions of the legal code as either unfavorable or favorable has a significant influence motivation and drives for delinquent behavior, for instance if a person interacts with people who perceive violating some laws as a normal or acceptable behavior, that individual is likely to violate those laws. ... That implies that more illegal behaviors are defined as normal and acceptable by an individual, then it is likely that that individual will develop deviant behaviors, for instance a child born within a street family in Nairobi...

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Child saving was also a celebration of women's domesticity, though ironically women were influential in the movement. ... For example, in Chicago (where the first family court was founded), one-half of the girl delinquents, but only one-fifth of the boy delinquents, were sent to reformatories between 1899-1909. ...

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It's a fact that, as a child, a person does many immature things that he/she regrets in the future. ... In Maggie's case, the juvenile who killed her husband will be free on his twenty-fifth birthday, and will not have a criminal record. ... Another violent case broke out when a juvenile beat another child over the head with a two-by-four, and yet, only minor actions were taken to ensure this offenders" punishment. ...

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Research reports are divided on the causes of school violence. Some refer to family situations. They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather th...

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Brain was already on probation for possessing child pornography. ... The courts are formally required to seek the truth, obtain justice, and maintain the integrity of the government rule of law Under the fifth and fourteenth amendments of the U.S. constitution, defendant also have the right to due process and the right to be treated with fundamental fairness. ...

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Before the 18th Century prisons were just a means for holding prisoners before trial rather than for use as 'punishment'. Sanctions for criminal behavior tended to be public events which included whipping, branding, physical torture and even execution. This was designed to shame the criminal and det...

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Any sixteen-year-old child or older that curses or smites their parents can receive the death penalty, which is an extremely harsh punishment, but they only were charged if they parents were convicted to do so.24 These types of punishments were carried out to underage pirates who went out against their parental authority of religious discipline.25 This idea backfired however because pirates would use these same punishments on civilians as a form of terror and mutiny. One third of colonial crimes were violent and a little less than one-fifth involved property both of which were common crimes ...

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