The Juvenile

Overview of the problem Juvenile delinquency has become a major issue in the United States. Many people believe that juvenile delinquency is out of control and is no longer a social problem that can be ignored. On average 2 million juveniles arrested and more than 60 000 kept every year, the United States imprisons a bigger extent of young people than some other nations ( Barnert el al.2015). Juvenile delinquents are underage minors generally around the ages 10 through 18 who commit serious…

“Average Juvenile Offender” Talking about the traits of an Average Juvenile offender is their senses of mood towards anything, their feeling of stealing something they might see and want at the store such as food or any habit of just taking things without having to pay for it. They have the tendency to miss a lot of school, skip classes, go out with their friends having fun over at the park with gangs, groups, area’s that seem to not be nice where they follow the steps as in to becoming a…

Juveniles “Some juveniles commit crimes so serious, so heinous, that public safely mandates”( Weir par.10). The crimes committed are the ones cruel and unusual, so the 8th amendment shouldn’t be considered when trying a juvenile as protecting them. They should be able to take the consequences so that families should be able to get justice. When it comes to crimes over murder there shouldn’t be any sympathy, therefore should be tried as an adult. The juveniles are able to understand the actions…

Looking into the predictions of juvenile delinquency in the Maldives, I am highly convinced that it is going to keep increasing as the government and the police force as well give very minimal consideration to the crimes that are done by youngsters in the country. When actions are not taken and the right justice is not served to these minors, they are convinced that they are able to get away from merely any crime that they do even if they come to the legal age where normally the government has…

Justice for Juvenile Criminals A 16 year-old boy Shawn was sent to California Youth Authority, the state’s most restrictive juvenile detention facility, for a 90-day evaluation, after killing his father. He was charged for attacking his sleeping father, stabbing him repeatedly in the arms, head, and neck with a knife. Prior to this crime, he also have been involved in other illegal actions such as strong-arm robbery, drinking, and marijuana use. For all these criminal actions, he was sentenced…

1. INTRODUCTION: Juvenile delinquents is a term specified for minors belonging to age group upto 16 years (in India) who have committed some antisocial or unlawful act. In general terms these acts are termed as “crimes” when concerned to adults but when we talk about juveniles such acts are legally coined as “delinquent acts”.[2] Though the age specified to be a juvenile varies from country to country. Delinquent acts can be further classified into two broad types- 1. Serious crimes 2. Status…

The research involved with juvenile crime points to many adverse consequences. Juvenile crime can negatively affect the individual committing crime, victims affected by crime, families of victims/criminals, and society. It’s obvious that the people most directly affected by juvenile crime are the victims, however the individual responsible for committing crime can also suffer from undesirable adverse consequences. The juvenile who commits a crime may be unable to foresee the dark road they’re…

a show that broadcasts a juvenile crime prevention program that takes place in prisons around the U.S. In this episode a 17-year-old boy, Jerahn, was facing up to 35 years in jail for credit card fraud. Many would agree and say yes that this boy being nearly an adult should be mindful of his own actions and deserves his sentence. While others,like myself, believe that he should receive a less severe punishment and not be tried as an adult. Each year American juveniles are given sentences that…

TAKING ON THE JUVENILE DETENTION SYSTEM 500,000 youth are presented to the court system each year (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2014). What an image this number places in our mind. Each young life stifled by criminal activity bringing them into a system which has been tainted by ineffective programs, limited funding, overworked staff, and corruption. Our juvenile systems presents with unique characteristics as it must balance a duty to care for the minor children and…

The United States juvenile court system has come a long way throughout the years. There has been many significant cases in the juvenile system that set the standard for what the system is now. Cases such as Kent vs. United States, In re Gault, and In re Winship are examples of major cases that challenged state rulings and later changed the technicalities of future, similar cases because they called upon the Supreme Court to change or state the rules. These three cases built some of the framework…