Juvenile law

Paul Breaux Middle School, and Northside High School. I chose the students at those different schools because I want to know if they are aware of juvenile delinquency in their communities. The information collected from the survey will include whether or not the person thinks, juvenile delinquency is a problem, what they believe is cause of juvenile delinquency, and what they believe think is the best solution. Data and Data Collection In this procedure, I will conduct interviews and hand out…

Analysis of Media Representations of Juvenile Delinquency or Juvenile Justice System In the article Trayvon and the Myth of the ‘Juvenile Superpredator’, Steve Drizin discusses the case of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman in relation to the myth of the juvenile superpredator coined by John Dilulio. As we discussed in class, while this supposed new breed of criminals never surfaced, the myth that they would has changed how society sees certain adolescents. Drizin speaks on the fact that by…

in school. Some more things that can happen is not bringing homework to class and participating will become a problem as well. Some scenarios the juvenile might say would be school is boring, have poor relationship with teacher, and low education/ occupational goals. Another problem is dropping out of school this becomes a big problem when the juvenile drops out because most of the time they turn to gangs and drugs. Lots of variables are based on how bad the child wants to stay in school.…

Court made the decision that juveniles should have the same rights of due process as awarded to adult offenders. Justice Fortas stated that “neither the Fourteenth Amendment nor the Bill of Rights is for adults alone” and that during delinquency hearings juvenile would be allowed certain elements of Due Process to ensure that they were treated fairly (Americanbar.org). This decision led people to wonder if the country was staying true to the mission of the juvenile system of rehabilitation,…

[History tells us that there has been juvenile court since the late 1800’s. In fact, Illinois established the first juvenile court in 1899. In that time the government identified the fact that children were developmentally different than adults, and therefore less capable of making decisions about their behavior. They also recognized that not all children had the parenting that helped to nurture them into adulthood. The states developed juvenile courts in order to help protect children and…

Throughout history, the juvenile justice system has been heavily influenced by males. The system has put all its research towards males regarding their lifestyles (e.g. their interests, feelings, and mindset). Due to the fact that girls have only made up a small percentage of the system, but in recent years, offending by girls is on the rise. Girls are being held accountable for a larger quantity of the delinquency pie than they did in the 80s (Brookings). According to Chesney-Lind, females are…

Juveniles/children today are often exposed to many risk factors that can reportedly be linked to their chance of committing a crime. These risk factors do not guarantee that a child will ever commit a crime, but it greatly increases their risk. It is considered that these events in a child’s life can greatly impact their rationality, social skills, and even their ability to cope with difficult situations. Taking the effects of the risks and the causes of the risks into consideration when…

The juvenile prison experience As a juvenile is sentenced to prison at a young age he might face many difficulties while prison he or she are going to be the youngest prisoners there and will make them an easy target. It won’t be easy for them but there are laws that have been passed to protect these juveniles from being victimized in prison. In some states juvenile can be charged as an adult at such a young age and research has shown that putting in a child or juvenile is not the best thing…

their impact on the Juvenile Justice system. The Juvenile Justice system has many programs that help rehabilitate, prevent recidivism by, and avoid detention time for, juvenile delinquents. They do this in a variety of ways, all of which entail some type of monitoring so that the system can keep these young offenders in line with acceptable behaviors. Intensive supervision, electronic monitoring and school probation are three of the most popular of these programs within the juvenile justice…

The juvenile court secured the time of dominant part, the age at which adolescents would be considered responsible for any crime they commit, these ages varies from states to state across United States. Adolescents less than eighteen years old; do not have adequate thinking capacity to frame criminal act (Drogin 2007). According to (Loretta et.al. 1994) juveniles were 2.38 times more likely to be transferred to adult criminal court for murder, rape, arson and homicide. Some adolescent cases are…