Habitual offender

not need to be sentenced again on the basis of the inclusion of his juvenile record alone. Smith was originally convicted of breaking and entering, largely based upon his decision to plead guilty. This was also his fourth offence, making him a habitual offender (People, 1991). The question in this case, then, is not related to his guilt or innocence, but it related to the basis for the sentence that was levied upon him.…

in class, children who were abused tend to be more involved with crime than others who were not. Children with disabilities are often more likely to be subjected to abuse and neglect. According to Screening With Young Offenders With An Intellectual Disability looks at young offenders and having intellectual disabilities conversely, are not being identified through the Youth justice services (McKenzie 2012). The article…

Laws are a set of established rules made by each state to abide by. A crime is a violation of these set laws, however, not all crimes have victims that are quickly identifiable. In such a case, these crimes are referred to as victimless crimes or consensual crimes. In most cases, we understand victimless crimes to be consensually entered into and at times they leave no victims, no damage to another party or damage to property. However, victimless crimes do have victims, the violator who breaks…

A rise in juvenile crime is becoming more and more of an issue in the present day. The only way to resolve this problem is to start sanctioning violent juveniles as adults. Juveniles should be able to be charged as adults in court because they commit violent crimes, they know the difference between right and wrong, communities would be safer, and juveniles would be deterred from committing crimes in the present and the future. Even though they are younger, juveniles are just as capable of…

as first offenders go ahead to commit other crimes. To this extent, this objective of the prison system appears to be lost. (Levitt, 2005) Additionally there is no evidence to the effect that those who do not commit crime in society are law abiding because of the fear of prison walls. It cannot be disputed that all persons of lucid minds would not be readily willing to commit a crime due to the fear of imprisonment. However, there are more effective ways of dealing with habitual offenders.…

What are the elements that form a clean, concise thesis statement that you can either use in your paper or simply use as the basis of your thesis paper? Generally, they have these elements in common; usually a single concisely worded sentence is sufficient to make your point, they express a viewpoint, instead of a topic, (i.e. “Violent video games in my opinion are a bad influence on children’s behavior.”), also they will focus the direction and scope of your paper, and lastly they predict and…

to the limelight; the 2012 rape case in Delhi and the Shakti Mills rape case. Shockingly, in both the cases, one of the main accused was a juvenile. Act of Delinquency may include: running away from home without the permission of parents, habitual behavior beyond the control of parents, use of vulgar language, wandering about railroads, streets market places, visiting gambling centers, committing sexual offences, shop–lifting, stealing etc. CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY…

Mandatory minimum sentences emerged in early American history as a proactive way to deter violent and rigorous crimes such as homicides, rape, and treason. Mandatory minimum sentences refer to fixed penalties and laws for offenders who commit particular crimes. These federal laws are set by Congress and do not allow judges to impose a sentence lower than what has been established. These sentences served the purpose of diminishing unlimited judge discretion and consequently lead to the limitation…

Obama just listed what the federal government will be focusing on. A recent magazine by Mrs. Flores on November the tenth talked about certain key points of prison reform that Obama was talking about. There are three main key points: “low-level drug offenders (with no ties to large organization, cartels, or gangs) will no longer be charged with offenses that include mandatory minimum sentences. The justice department has updated its frame work for evaluating compassionate release for inmates…

Corporal Punishment: Useful in Schools WHACK! WHACK! WHACK! Students who attended many American schools from the founding of the United States until the mid-to-late twentieth century know that sound all too well. These students all knew exactly what was happening when they heard this noise. Each and every student knew that one of their peers had acted up and was being punished- with a paddle. Though in modern times many are opposing this form of discipline, even claiming it is abuse, corporal…