The Juvenile

If you have a record from juvenile court, you might be able to clear your record by using your state’s procedures to expunge (seal, or sometimes destroy) that record (Portman, 2014.) Once your record is expunged, in most situations it’s treated as if it never happened (Portman, 2014.) When questioned by potential landlords, employers, some licensing agencies and others, you can legitimately say that you were never arrested or found by a judge to be a delinquent juvenile (Portman, 2014.)…

Multiple factors have been identified that may contribute to delinquent behaviors in juveniles. These contributing factors include traumatic child abuse and neglect, inappropriate parenting behaviors, delinquent behaviors of peers, educational issues, and a history of maladjustment (Donges, 2015). Trauma can involve witnessing the attack, abuse, or endangerment of another human being, or being the victim of a threat or dangerous situation. What makes events traumatic is the feelings that…

Juvenile Mentor and Youth Services Aide I am pursuing my A.A.S. degree in criminal justice in hopes of one day obtaining employment in the juvenile justice system, more specifically in the field of juvenile mentoring and rehabilitation. Growing up as a troubled youth myself and being part of the juvenile justice system I feel that I have something positive to offer to today’s youth. I have experienced many hardships throughout my adult life that I otherwise would not have experienced had I…

Violent juveniles should be considered as adult criminals. Many violent juveniles commit heinous crimes, but only given small sentences or probation. During the probation period, violent juveniles still commit similar crimes because they never realize the consequences of their actions. Juveniles should be treated as adult criminals because many of them are considered repeated offenders. If you let a problem continue on, it only seems to get worst. With many of these juveniles when they do not…

The research attained also highlighted the reasons why recidivism rates are so high within juvenile delinquents. Curfew violations bring juveniles back into the court very frequently, as well as new charges that relate to the family such as Domestic Assault on a family member. Minor offenses such as technical violations, failure to fulfill probation requirements or domestic…

Juveniles in Afghanistan have three different stages in age in which they are dealt with. First stage is the non-discerning child who has yet to make it to the age of seven; the discerning child who is between the ages of the completed age of seven and has not completed the age of twelve; and the last stage is juvenile, which is a child who has completed the age of twelve but has not completed the age of eighteen. The children who are a part of the juvenile stage of completed age 12 but not…

Americans, we are aware of the existence of the juvenile justice system, but many Americans are ignorant as to how juvenile offenders are punished for the crimes they commit. Due to ignorance of society, people lack the capacity to understand how to measure the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system and the programs offered to juvenile offenders (Elrod & Ryder, 2014). Therefore, many people form their assumptions on how to rehabilitate juveniles from influences such as politicians, news…

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…

Juvenile Delinquency is a very big problem today and I believe that not enough is being done to curb juvenile crime. There needs to be stronger penalties for crimes they are committing. There needs to be programs set in place to deal with Juvenile emotional problems before the kids resort to criminal activity. There needs to more activities within communities so the children don’t resort to criminal activity as a form of recreation. I think there needs to be some mentoring programs set up so…

occurs from the label of delinquent. Contrary to Chiricos (2007), Klein (1974) suggested that things such as social bonds and other’s perceptions of those labeled as a felon are more so the reasons for recidivism, not just the fact that the labeled juvenile now sees him/herself as a delinquent. The so-called delinquent “stigma” is more powerful than the label of delinquent itself. Haggard et al. found that after being incarcerated, half of the participants in the study confirmed that they were…