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CJA 374 Complete Class |
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CJA 374 Week 1 DQ 1 What are some major differences between the juvenile courts and the criminal courts? What are some principal components of the juvenile justice system? Why do some refer to this as a process rather than a system? |
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CJA 374 Week 1 DQ 2 What are status offenses? Should juveniles be detained for status offenses, such as truancy or running away? Why? What are alternatives to detention for status offenders? |
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CJA 374 Week 1 DQ 3 What is the doctrine of parens patriae? What are its origins? Does parens patriae continue to influence juveniles courts today? If you had a child who was arrested, would you prefer a get-tough policy or the parens patriae standards? Why? |
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CJA 374 Week 1 DQ 4 Adult criminal courts have statutes pertaining to three-strikes legislation. What are the major contributors to the three-strikes legislation? Should this also be applied in juvenile proceedings? |
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CJA 374 Week 1 Individual Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper
Resources: Juvenile Arrests 2008 Report Write a 700 to 1,000 word paper summarizing the key points of the Juvenile Arrests 2008 bulletin. Address the following in your paper: · The overall decrease in juvenile arrests · The increase in drug offenses and simple assaults · Implications for juvenile females and minorities · An assessment of the tracking of juvenile arrests as a method of measuring the amount of and trends in juvenile crime Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
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CJA 374 Week 2 DQ 1 Officers have a large amount of discretion when making arrests in adult cases. What is situation-based police discretion? |
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CJA 374 Week 2 DQ 2 In the saying “it takes a community to raise a child,” who are the key players involved in a juvenile’s life? Who has the most responsibility for preventing juvenile delinquency? Explain your rationale. |
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CJA 374 Week 2 DQ 3 Describe one case of juvenile delinquency with which you are personally familiar. To what extent did the family contribute to the delinquency? What might the family have done differently? |
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CJA 374 Week 2 DQ 4 What proportion of gangs in the United States is made up of females? What are some general characteristics of female gang members? Do they have the same initiation practices as males? Are these groups generally more or less violent than their male counterparts? |
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CJA 374 Week 2 Individual Crime Causation and Diversion Paper Write a 1,000 to 1,500 word paper describing two diversion, intervention, or prevention programs operating in your city or state. Address why the programs should work to reduce juvenile crime, based on an analysis of the relationship between program premise and goals and one or more major causes of juvenile delinquent behavior. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
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CJA 374 Week 3 DQ 1 What are stipulations for detention of a juvenile prior to any formal action to adjudicate? What are types of crimes associated with this? What are the benefits of detaining the juvenile? |
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CJA 374 Week 3 DQ 2 What are some Supreme Court landmark decisions that have influenced the current juvenile justice system? How have these decisions changed things both for the better or worse? |
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CJA 374 Week 3 DQ 3 What is the process for a juvenile entering the juvenile justice system? What takes place at the various stages of this process? What changes would you recommend to improve the current process? |
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CJA 374 Week 3 DQ 4 How might parents with good intentions have a negative affect on the juvenile court process and the dispositional outcome for the juvenile? |
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CJA 374 Week 3 Learning Team Juvenile and Adult Courts A Comparative Analysis
Write a 1,000 to 1,500 word paper comparing and contrasting Juvenile Court with Adult Court. Include the following in your paper: · An overview of the juvenile justice system · A point by point comparison between juvenile and adult courts · The implications for the youthful offender of the trend toward increasing the use of waivers or remanding juveniles to adult court for processing · The societal implications of abolishing juvenile court Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines |
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CJA 374 Week 4 DQ 1 How can positive change be measured while a juvenile is in secure confinement? How can you ensure these behaviors transition from detention to the community? Explain. |
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CJA 374 Week 4 DQ 2 In most correctional settings for juveniles, two primary modalities affect the juvenile at all times: strict discipline and nurture-based treatment. Do you think these two modalities operate to the benefit or the detriment of the juvenile? |
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CJA 374 Week 4 DQ 3 If a previously incarcerated and now-on-parole juvenile is not able to function or succeed in a public school setting, what would you recommend as an appropriate action? |
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CJA 374 Week 4 DQ 4 What is the major issue determining the effectiveness of a juvenile parole program? |
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CJA 374 Week 4 Individual Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections Risk Assessment Case Studies document Select one of the case studies as the foundation for this assignment. Once you have selected the case study complete the following assignment: Flow Chart Create a flow chart for your selected juvenile offender. Address the following in your assignment: · Describe the process the juvenile will follow after arrest, from intake, through court, sentencing, and punishment or rehabilitation. The process should be based on actual state laws and the practices of your state or a state with which you are familiar. · Include a brief corrections plan created in the mode most appropriate for the level of offense, such as a recommendation memo to Child Protective Services or the school principal for a status offense, a letter to judge regarding sentencing for a nonviolent offense, or a report to corrections for a violent offender. · Complete a recommendation memo to Child Protective Services or the school principal for a status offense, a letter to judge regarding sentencing for a non-violent offense, or a report to corrections for a violent offender. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
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CJA 374 Week 5 DQ 1 Which two federal cases do you think have had the largest impact on the juvenile justice system? Explain your selections. |
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CJA 374 Week 5 DQ 2 What would be the positive and negative effects of your state’s juvenile probation department seeking accreditation through a national accrediting body, such as the American Corrections Association? |
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CJA 374 Week 5 DQ 3 How would you go about ensuring that the public is equally safe if a juvenile institution is operated privately instead of by a state agency? |
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CJA 374 Week 5 Learning Team Future of the Juvenile Justice System Presentation and Paper
Write a 1,750 to 2,250 word paper addressing the following scenario: You are a team of juvenile justice consultants making a presentation to the state legislature concerning the future of the juvenile justice system. Address the following in your paper: · Recommendations for all aspects of the system including the following: o Community o Law enforcement o Courts o Corrections o Private sector or privatization involvement · A justification for the system and funding based on history, trends, and causation theories. Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation to accompany your paper. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. |
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