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Juvenile Crime Prevention

 

Salant, said that "Many children younger than 16 had much difficulty grasping the complex legal proceedings as adults who had been ruled incompetent to go to court" (Salant 1). However, I have different perspective on this issue. I acknowledge what the authors of the articles mentioned above have presented, but I also believe that the brain of a child that could function "well" enough to commit such violent crimes as rape, murder, and many other cases that we hear about single day, could also see the end of it. Even if they don't understand the process, which could be really complicated and there are some adults who don't understand it either, I am pretty sure they realize, if they are not retarded, that they are getting the punishment they deserved for their deeds. When the case is so serious that the question of life incarceration is considered, then it has to be one of the "special circumstance" cases such as murder or rape. That means the criminal's little brain is developed enough to make these intentions come true, so he also realizes that he has to be punished. .
             I would like to mention Dana Canedy's "Florida teens, tried as adults, draw national attention" and the case where the two teenage boys were sentenced "For beating their father to death and burning their house to cover up the crime" (Canedy 1).


Essays Related to Juvenile Crime Prevention

1. California and the Juvenile Crime Initiative

Introduction Juvenile crime, particularly gang related crime, has Californians up in arms. In response to increasing gang related crimes, California voters overwhelmingly passed proposition 21 (Juvenile Crime Initiative). ... According to U.S Department of Justice (1994-1996), several states have, or will be, revamping their juvenile justice system to better address juvenile crime issues. In response to increased juvenile crime, particularly violent crime, several states have enacted new programs and laws that place a greater emphasis on public safety, and imposes tougher sentences for violent...

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2. Juvenile Crime

WE ARE NOT TOO SOFT ON JUVENILE CRIME Harder does not mean harsher. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are not draconian in our outlook with juvenile crime. ... Currently, doli incapax means that the courts believe that juveniles are incapable of committing a crime between the ages of 10-14. ... In 1996 the Juvenile Crime Prevention Division of the NSW Attorney Generals Department conducted a number of focus groups totalling a number of 100 young people. ... The key element in dealing with juvenile crime is to be consistent, fair and sufficiently hard on the criminal, but never dracon...

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3. Juvenile Delinquency

During that period, juvenile arrests for homicide increased by 45 percent, while adult homicide arrests increased by only 6 percent (FBI, Uniform Crime Reports, 1994). ... The number of juvenile violent crime arrests will double by the year 2010 if current arrest and population trends continue. ... But so is work in the area of prevention. There are prevention programs that work to keep those not currently involved in the juvenile justice system out of the criminal justice system. ... Prevention efforts must also continue during later childhood and adolescence to reinforce the benefits of thes...

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4. A Look at the JUMP Program as Prevention for Juvenile Delinq

They are critical in substantially lowering the juvenile crime rates. ... Tertiary prevention is directed at the prevention of recidivism. Prevention of juvenile crime would be more cost efficient also. If we could reduce juvenile crime rates then the costs of juvenile court proceedings, juvenile detention, and other costs of juveniles that are involved with the court system would be less. ... In the 1992 Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, Congress added Part G-Mentoring. ...

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5. Juvenile Delinquency

While teenagers are most likely to commit crimes, their delinquency is related to the overall incidence of crime in society: teen crimes increase the same as adults (Gale, 1). ... There are many causes of juvenile delinquency. ... Researchers have many different observations for both the causes and preventions of juvenile delinquency. ... There are two major approaches to prevention. ... There are many community forces that can play a vital role in delinquency prevention. ...

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6. Tending to the Needs of Juvenile Offenders

Are we just warehousing our juvenile offenders, until they can be released to commit more serious crimes that will send them to an adult correction facility? ... In 1974, Congress passed the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. It consisted of not institutionalizing juveniles for minor offenses, and never incarcerating juveniles with adult offenders. ... The 1990's brought a "crackdown" on the laws dealing with juvenile crime. ... Impose punishment consistent with the seriousness of the crime" (Juvenile Justice Bulletin Juvenile Justice: A Century of Chang...

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7. Causes and Effects of Juvenile crime

Causes and Effects of Juvenile Crime One of the biggest problems that the United States is faced with in the present day is juvenile crime. Juvenile crime does not only affect the individuals who commit the crime, it also affects the victim of the crime. ... Experts still have not found the main reason why juveniles commit crimes. ... Also, drug use among the juveniles themselves leads to higher crime. ... Many doctors and other experts say that focusing on early intervention and prevention as the key to reducing juvenile crime. ...

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8. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND THE SYSTEM

Records from the report of the Select Committee Appointed by the House of Commons, were concerned with establishing a new police in the metropolis, show that between 1787 and 1797, 93 delinquent children were transported for crimes from England to Australia. ... "No child under the age of discretion should be punished for any crime- (Blackstone, 1899, p. 1230). ... Children in the first stage of life and the first half of the second stage were not punishable for any crime. ... It had taken over five years of careful planning and strategy for public support on the part of the Society for th...

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9. Ethical Analysis of Juvenile Waivers

The same can be said for the juvenile waiver process in the juvenile court system. ... "An increasing number [of states] exclude by statute certain serious or violent crimes from juvenile court jurisdiction, providing the offender meets a minimum age requirement. ... Although waiver standards and evidentiary factors vary from state to state, most take into account both the nature of the alleged crime and the individual youth's age, maturity, history, and rehabilitative prospects. " [Off11] In their own way, all three waivers are designed to ensure that juvenile offenders aren't waiv...

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