Youth detention center

After reading the scenario it is my opinion that the defense attorney did not comply with his duties and responsibilities as an attorney. I also feel that his actions were unethical because a defense attorney’s responsibility is to provide a vigorous and competent defense for their client. Therefore, in this case he fails to do his duty as well as failed to represent his client appropriately because he gave him and his parents the wrong information. It was his job to prevent an innocent person…

These juveniles are unable to make decisions when being put under an extreme situation. Recent research shows that sentencing kids does not help them decrease recidivism and just increases crime. These kids are better off going on to a juvenile detention facilities that have programs to help these kids rehabilitate. Prisons do not have these programs to help…

juvenile back home when there is no proper adult guidance. Although the mother was not around, she should have not allowed her child to be around negative influences such as the aunt and uncle. Now that Offender awaits adjudication in a juvenile detention facility, the question of whether or not her case should or should not be transferred to adult…

Identifying Information G. F. is a 42 year old, bi-racial, single, heterosexual male. G. F. lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before being detain at the Allegheny County Jail on September 24, 2016. Client states that he does not have any aliases. Reason for Referral G. F. was referred from the Allegheny County Jail to Allegheny County Treatment Alternative (ACTA). G. F. presents with Opioid Use Disorder (F11.10), severe and Cocaine Use Disorder (F14.10), severe. Client stated that before…

Like I have said before, I am proud to be a First Generation student. I feel like we are the minority, though. I am glad that I have a classroom full of people that I have something in common with. With being the minority, it is sometimes hard to make connections with people. I feel like some people look down on First Generation students and others think that it is very cool. I know someone has told me, “Wow, I can’t imagine what it is like for you.” So far, I don’t think it has had much of…

Edward Humes’s book, No Matter How Loud I Shout, follows the life of seven teenage boys who are working their way through the juvenile justice system and also serving time for their crimes. No Matter How Loud I Shout provides a clear and vivid picture in readers mind about the juvenile system and how it operates. It shows readers how unjust some situations in court can be. Humes spent a year researching California’s juvenile justice system and his book was inspired by his experience. In this…

confirmed that youth offenders experience a significantly higher rate of diagnosable mental and behavioral health disorders in relation to the general youth population. More specifically, Schubert and Mulvey (2014) reported that, “roughly 50 to 70 percent of juvenile offenders experience a diagnosable mental or behavioral health disorder, whereas only 9 to 13 percent of youth in the general population experience a diagnosable disorder” (p.3). Scholars have also established that youth offenders…

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,…

documentary, it showed a 94% success rate and because of that a few more programs were created in other jurisdictions. In addition to that the inmates get to counsel these youths through group discussions and use one-on-one interactions and as well as being these juveniles mentors and having them attempt to deter these youths from a life of crime which will help reduce dropout rates and increase school attendance rates. Another pro is that the juveniles’ sentencing is no longer than one day for…

my day observing juvenile detention hearings and a drug court trial in Mercer County, New Jersey. For my first observation, I went to Mercer Family Division in Mercer County, New Jersey. I observed several juvenile detention hearings. I asked one of my previous supervisors if I could sit in with her during her time in court. Overall the process for each child went relatively briefly. The detention center has two buses that transport the juveniles from the detention centers to the courthouse,…