Every single individual person that is living in the United States today and probably for years to come das been affected by juvenile crime. It not only affects parents, siblings, teachers, neighbors, and all families involved. This also affects the victims of crime, the bystander, and the perpetrators. Although the delinquency rates are experiencing a decrease, this is not true in many cities the rate is still remaining high. In these high crime cities numerous programs have attempted to try and lower this juvenile rate, but while there are a few that can be extremely successful and other programs have no impact and just minimal impact.…
They have a different mindset towards things and how they should live their lives. Youthful offenders that are contained in custody due to the charges, arrest, or adjudicated for an offense are between the ages of 10 to 20 which is .22% nationwide. (Sedlak) Once they are in prison one challenge they could face is since these adolescents are impulsive they do not see the…
This is a case to whether or not The Supreme Court of Michigan ruling on a person was acceptable due to the fact the court took in consideration that person’s juvenile records that were expunged. Expungements of records, also known as expunction, were legal records of any arrest or criminal activities on a person can be erased and sealed from everyone. Qualifications that are considered when trying to get an expungement depend on the number of times of the offense, the nature of the charge or crime and the jurisdiction. This legal proceed do varies from state to state, but some states such as New York do not allow period expungement of records (FindLaw, 2017).Of course doing the research on the rules to expunge a record in Michigan was not…
Juvenile sometimes just hang around the wrong people. This can lead to peer pressure to do certain things such as drugs, alcohol, and crimes. Most of the time the juvenile didn’t even want to commit the crime. They just wanted to look cool around their friends that’s why sometimes they break laws. Also juveniles are sometimes raised in that kind of environment and grow up seeing members of their family do…
In the summer of 2000, Manny pled guilty to seven counts of assault with a deadly weapon. He now has two adult violent felony convictions. Under California’s “three strikes” law, if Manny commits another felony he could be sentenced to life in prison. Manny says, "It might as well be a done deal. Two strikes…I am only eighteen years old.…
Juveniles are harder to control than adults because brute force cannot be used on them. It is limited the amount of ways an officer can react to an out-of-control teen. Which can make it harder for an officer. An officer’s actions in cases involving adults are controlled by the law and their own judgment or discretion. While a case where a juvenile is involved the officer needs to consider what is best for the teen and how his actions will influence the teen in the future (Larry J. Siegel, 2014).…
In most cases, there are both teachers that have the desire to help the youth with both criminalization and with rehabilitation. Certain teachers believe that by criminalizing these youth, by locking them away and continuing to give harsh punishments, will keep them in line. Typically, the opposite is true. The cases in which teachers are more caring and help youth with resources are more likely to be successful. The same goes for police officers.…
The research gathered through professional interviews reflected that the act of incarcerating youth facilitates increased rates of recidivism. The six professional subjects interviewed for the purpose of this research commonly agreed on the notion that the youth more likely to be charged and incarcerated belong to underprivileged backgrounds, or have some sort of on going mental illness that has not been addressed. Most don’t have a proper support structure that ensures proper brain development and growth. Whilst living in economically poor neighborhoods, where the perception of criminal activity is already presumed high, many of these children build criminal affiliations. As Public Defenders serve the indigent communities, I was able…
Juveniles should not be sentence to life because at that young age they do not think of the consequences, after the fact they see themselves in trouble. Most times, they process things differently than adults. Sentencing children as adults is unjust and unfair. After reading this article many thoughts came into my head. I was first amazed that the age to try someone as an adult in South Carolina in the 1940’s was over the age of fourteen.…
“Average Juvenile Offender” Talking about the traits of an Average Juvenile offender is their senses of mood towards anything, their feeling of stealing something they might see and want at the store such as food or any habit of just taking things without having to pay for it. They have the tendency to miss a lot of school, skip classes, go out with their friends having fun over at the park with gangs, groups, area’s that seem to not be nice where they follow the steps as in to becoming a juvenile offender meaning at such a young age you see kids now a days stealing, street fighting, running away from their parents that also want to be able to stop their bad acts before it is no longer able to be controlled at the set of their where they can…
The juvenile corrections have undergone considerable transformation as the criminal justice system started to change in the 20th century. Major changes affected fields such as diversion, decriminalization, deinstitutionalization, and due process. A contributing factor to the harsh penalties of juveniles is a failure to address any of the social problems that are closely related to the causes of the delinquency. Those social problems are poverty, underemployment, family disorganization, and substance abuse. Juvenile offenders differ from adult offenders, thus are treated differently, but the policies in the United States are changing about qualifications of when a young criminal is considered and treated as a juvenile.…
In the United States today we have approximately 2,220,300 adults that were incarcerated in a 2013 study. Many of these people are in there for years on end for things that people that we know do every day. The United States holds 25% of the world’s prison population. This is the kind of name we are making out of ourselves, and our country. Just in the United States alone there are 1,719 states prisons, 102 federal prisons, and 942 juvenile correctional facilities.…
A sexually violent offender (SVO) is one who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense and suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder. These disorders can make the person more likely to engage in acts of sexual violence if not confined in a secure facility for long-term control, care, and treatment. The provision to what qualifies as sexually violent may differ from state to state, but in general, they are crimes of a sexual nature that belong to a specific constellation of crimes. These crimes include sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape. These acts often result in harming not just the victim but their families, their community, and broader society.…
If you have a record from juvenile court, you might be able to clear your record by using your state’s procedures to expunge (seal, or sometimes destroy) that record (Portman, 2014.) Once your record is expunged, in most situations it’s treated as if it never happened (Portman, 2014.) When questioned by potential landlords, employers, some licensing agencies and others, you can legitimately say that you were never arrested or found by a judge to be a delinquent juvenile (Portman, 2014.) Expunging your record may not universally remove the consequences of having been found to be a juvenile delinquent, however (Portman, 2014.)…
Police Discretion is at the core of policing, allowing officers to approach different situations with different approaches. Discretion is seen as the most essential element of policing, yet discretion is also the source of many problems. Over the year’s discretion has become a more prominent issue amongst the public, and due to social media and the increased use of the internet, videos and new reports can be shared with millions in a matter of seconds. Yet the truth is the discretion an officer’s use is comprehensively subjective to real-world situations rather than adopted by a certain agenda. Police discretion an essential and required part of police work (Schulenberg, 2015, pg.247).…