Juvenile delinquency in the United States

Amendments are a vital part of the adult and juvenile justice system. These Amendments prohibit law enforcement or the government from caring on irrational searches and seizures, hinder law enforcement from forcing an individual to self-incriminate themselves in a case and guarantees an adult the right to a prompt trial by an unbiased jury. In contrast, juveniles are given some of the safeguards that entail the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment. This because the juvenile justice system is…

others said it was round. Regardless of who is right, there will always be topics that are very controversial. One such topic we face in the present is that of juvenile delinquency and how we should treat these juveniles once they…

In the past, juvenile offenders were held to the same standards and sanctions as adult offenders. The history of juvenile offenders can be set back to the middle ages era. There were many different methods on how the law dealt with juvenile offenders within this time period that are consider unethical today. In this time, state decided to just let the parents deal with this delinquency behavior. In a primitive age of children law, there were no real methods on how to adjudicate juvenile…

In Re Gault was a landmark juvenile decision issued by the United States Supreme Court that declared a juvenile involved in a delinquency hearing to have the right to similar due process rights as afforded to adults (In re Gault, 1967). This was established under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This decision was held because during the initial trial, neither the Ms. Cook, nor any potential witnesses, were present at the hearing to testify against Gault. Yet, Gault…

Colonial Puritan philosophy regarding juvenile behavior was enacted into law, in 1646 Massachusetts passed the Stubborn Child Law, which created the first status offense which was an act considered illegal for minors only. Also, according to the common law, a youth under the age of 14 may or could be adjudged incapable of discerning right from wrong this appeared to the court and jury that he could discern between good and evil. These trials and punishments were based on age and any one older…

Juvenile delinquency is a very broad subject matter, that can involve a mixture of distinct behaviors and delinquency trends among adolescent youth. More precisely, I would like to expand more on the topic of youth that become involved in gangs and address the causes that leads them to this decision, including factors and theories that define this issue. Before we further any discussion on any topics that are relevant to the matter, we must first fully understand what constitutes a gang. A youth…

The first type of Prison and Jail is known as the “Youth Detention Center” which is also known as Juvenile Detention Center(JDC) or juvy. Juvenile Detention Center is a secure prison or jail for minors. A Juvenile is a young person or minor that has not reached their eighteenth birthday. They are often called juvenile delinquents. Juvenile delinquency is the violation of law committed by a person prior to their eighteenth birthday. There is numerous reasons as to why they could be in there,…

and Mckay examined predominant rates of crime and delinquency. Creators theorized that disorganized communities are affected by poverty in which crime rates and neighborhood ecological characteristics are directly related. Sociologists established social structure theories in their efforts to connect behavior patterns to social-economic control as well as additional social ecological factors. Moreover, the theory of social disorganization states a person's physical and social environments is…

incarceration in the United States has rapidly increased over the last twenty years. Every single person living in the United States today is affected by juvenile crime. It affects parents, neighbors, teachers, and families. It affects the victims of crime, the perpetrators, and the bystanders. While delinquency rates have been decreasing, rates are still too high. The problem of whether to rehabilitate or punish youthful offenders has plagued our society since modern times. Juvenile…

covers a wide spectrum of cultural and political aspects of life in today’s complex world. There are many intersections of how the laws at the federal level intersect with state laws, for example. The governmental policies made in Washington D.C. provide the underlying foundational elements of every local community in the United States. Police enforcement agencies and local governments may find cause for debate on some issues; additionally, public citizens will have an important say in how the…