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    Underage Drinking Underage drinking is a major problem which is leading people to their deaths, however their parents have decided to start groups to prevent underage drinking so they can try to reduce it. Most underage drinkers consequences of alcohol use are vehicle accidents, the leading cause of death for teenagers.(Miller) Many underage drinkers can drink too much and end up losing control of themselves and sexially assault thir femail companions and kill people for example “in 1980 a…

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    Act, 1959. (v) The accused claimed that at the time of commission of the offence he was a juvenile under…

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    ' 'Coming from where I 'm from. ' ' As Anthony Hamilton said on his Album Coming From Where I 'm From. These lyrics relate to me by not letting anything get in my way from achieving my dreams in life. Chief Leduff has inspired me during my early teenage years. Therefore, as I follow the footsteps of a black man during my early teenage years who help me change my life around and get my organization going around Baton Rouge and other cities around the area. At the same time, Chief Leduff…

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    in my care than he be shifted from house to house or from sitter to sitter. In my opinion and observation, Jazzmine doesn't display a consistent lifestyle for parenting Dereon. On _______, Dereon was diagnosed with scabies Dexter and my daughter-in-law Amber took him to their pediatrician and on _______ he was hospitalized for pneumonia; Amber updated me every hour about Dereon’s conditions. Jazzmine was contacted numerous time and made aware of the situation but she never called nor texted to…

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    Juvenile Justice has undergone countless ways to try and prevent adolescents from committing another crime after released so that they do not end up in a juvenile facility again. It has become a controversy across the world debating what the best solution to this would be. The article, Kids Behind Bars, introduced a new way to avoid this happening to the children committing crimes. The article explains how a small town in Chicago, Illinois thought of the idea that, “As soon as a young person…

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    India’s Juvenile Justice System Juvenile delinquents have been around since the beginning of time, it is no different in India. Ever since there have been prisons juvenile have routinely been housed in adult prisons right alongside adult prisoners. In this paper I am going to cover the historical makeup of the main laws that have to deal with juvenile justice in India. I will also cover rehabilitation system and what it does for juvenile delinquents in India, the legal system and its traditions,…

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    Juvenile delinquency is criminal behavior committed by minors. (Siegal, 1981) When looking deeper into the deviant behaviors of juveniles there are fundamental perspectives that correlate the juvenile delinquency. Three main theories that are being focused on are strain theory, control theory, and cultural deviance theories. Strain theory which is also known as motivational theory describes desires that a juvenile have such as committing crimes. According to what society’s norm is these…

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    arises whether juvenile offenders are being impacted for the worst in court systems. “In the United States, children are treated as different from adults, except when it comes to criminal law.”1 Children are treated differently when it deals with age to vote, age to drink, and many other laws. It is seen that these laws are put into place because children lack the maturity to be classified as an adult. “But the one glaring exception to this rule comes in the context of criminal law. Children who…

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    Juvenile Delinquents

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    predict that juvenile delinquency can decrease with substantial help, care and counseling. The significance of this study is to research and examine treatment programs for juvenile delinquents in the United States, in order to help provide solutions to juvenile delinquency and deter juveniles from future incarceration. The purpose of this final research paper is to shed some light on the lives of juvenile offenders and promote change and reform for juvenile’s lives. To begin with, juvenile…

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    debated about what is the main cause of juvenile delinquency, they have also debated what they can do to help reduce the problem. Governments have argued that poverty is the main cause to juvenile delinquency, because it is one of the most commonly seen results. A juvenile delinquent is a young adult (usually ranging from the ages ten to eighteen) who commits an act that violates a law. Juvenile delinquency is not just a problem in the United States, juvenile delinquency is a problem all around…

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