Detention

These juveniles are unable to make decisions when being put under an extreme situation. Recent research shows that sentencing kids does not help them decrease recidivism and just increases crime. These kids are better off going on to a juvenile detention facilities that have programs to help these kids rehabilitate. Prisons do not have these programs to help…

Adjudicatory hearing – This is the actual trial that occurs in a juvenile case. The judge in this hearing will determine whether the facts in the petition (which will be defined separately) are actually true. This decision is made after the judge hears all of the information, along with any testimony. The entire process in an adjudicatory hearing is similar to some of the structure in that of an adult trial, but the hearing is a bit more controlled and without a large amount of the “adversarial…

“hey remember when I gave you pencil” and she was reported to her probation officer for allegedly knowing someone who was going to shoot the school up. Rules of this nature may make schools safer but I believe they are going about it the wrong way. Detentions, suspensions, and expulsions play a great role in showing children if you misbehave you will be reprimanded one of those three ways. Now if a children is still lost, and probably still misbehaving that's when you start to seek counseling…

I grew up in a small church, where my mom was a Sunday school teacher and my dad was the Assistant Pastor. They also were involved in the youth a lot. Growing up, I can remember driving down the road on our way to church and seeing kids that knew or my mom knew and we would ask them if they wanted to go to church with us. Next thing you knew, we have like 5-6 local kids going to church with us. I can remember when we use to ask them where they lived so we could make sure that it was alright with…

Delinquency is a crime that is committed by younger children who are under the age of eighteen. There are many different causes as to why anybody would commit a crime and there are also ways to deter a crime. If officials know the causes of these criminal acts then it would be an easier job for officials to try and stop them in their tracks. From searching through articles, most of them say that the juveniles act a certain way from the way they have been raised. Most are dedicated to their…

Edward Humes’s book, No Matter How Loud I Shout, follows the life of seven teenage boys who are working their way through the juvenile justice system and also serving time for their crimes. No Matter How Loud I Shout provides a clear and vivid picture in readers mind about the juvenile system and how it operates. It shows readers how unjust some situations in court can be. Humes spent a year researching California’s juvenile justice system and his book was inspired by his experience. In this…

Solberg 1 Reed Solberg CJUS/POLS 205 Mrs. Smith 16 November 2015 Prosecuting Youth in Criminal Justice Field The Criminal Justice system was first brought about knowing that children have different roles and obligations then adults. Lately there have been many rules and laws that have made us change what the Criminal Justice was built on. This is because it is hard to find a happy medium between throwing a child in prison or sending them through a rehabilitation program. When the United…

Kids at ages 7-17 are considered juveniles and can be sentenced to an adult without the possibility of parole (Aliprandini 2). James Stewart was one of the two suicides by young people in Colorado jails that help spur a significant change in state laws (Schwartz 8). States are trying to keep more juvenile offenders in the juvenile justice system instead of being tried as adults. Teens shouldn’t be tried as adults because their brains aren’t fully developed, they have a chance of rehabilitation,…

A juvenile being in an adult prison is a message saying ‘lost hope’. This means that since they are giving juvenile extremely hard sentences, it give them no hope for their future and no hope for themselves either. They would be stuck as criminals for rest of the eternity. Some juveniles doesn’t want to lose that hope that they probably decided to never commit crime ever again if it’s mean losing their dream goals. The child won’t be able to continue his maturity and growing up to be an adult…

There is a humanitarian crisis happening in the United States right now and it is getting no coverage. Hundreds of thousands of people, some as young as 14, are having their rights and freedoms stripped away, and in some cases in no fault of their own. These people are then forced into places around the county where they are surrounded by violent people who will take advantage of them at every turn. If they ever get to leave those places they will on average leave with a damaged psyche and a…