Identify the social characteristics of juvenile offenders and the implications of family,class and education.

Juvenile delinquency

Characterize the counseling, treatment, and intervention of juvenile offenders.

Identify the social characteristics of juvenile offenders and the implications of family,class and education.

Identify the theories of juvenile delinquency and the antecedents of our current juvenile justice system.

Summarize the social characteristics of the juvenile court system and accompanying laws.

 

Describe the adjudication process in the juvenile court system.

Juvenile delinquency

Deliverable Length: 2 pages

OBJECTIVES

In some juvenile cases, corrective actions may not be effective and the youth will continue to offend with increasing severity. Courts will explore the available options to rehabilitate the juvenile offender. However, increased severity of offenses can often lead to a juvenile’s transfer to an adult court where penalties are more severe.

As you complete your assignment, consider the differences between the adult and juvenile court systems.

Describe the basic approach to the juvenile court system today.

Describe the adjudication process in the juvenile court system.

What are some key differences between the juvenile and adult systems,and why do these differences exist?

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What is the difference between determinate and indeterminate sentencing?What advantages are afforded by each?What are the pros and cons of using a sentencing guidelines system?

Coursework

1. What are the two main considerations in the decision whether or not to release one who is arrested while their case is pending? What is the main unfairness in the use of cash bonds while cases are pending? What other options have been created to limit the use of incarceration while still exerting some level of control over the defendant?

2. What is the basic purpose of pretrial diversion?What advantage would this have over using correctional services post-conviction? Give an example of how pretrial diversion might be used.

3. In a sentence or two, describe the meaning of each of the five generally accepted purposes for imposing criminal sanctions.

4. What is the difference between determinate and indeterminate sentencing?What advantages are afforded by each? What are the pros and cons of using a sentencing guidelines system?

5. What did John Augustus and Alexander Maconochie have in common in their overall philosophy about justice, and in the resistance that they faced? What innovations eventually occurred based on the ideas of each? In what main ways might we say that the ideas of Augustus have gotten lost along the way? Give examples.

6. Describe the main goals and procedures of probation supervision. Upon what does probation rely to get probationers to do what they are supposed to do? What is meant by a technical violation of probation? Give an example. Why are technical violations seen as being closely related to probation officer discretion than are new arrest violations?

7. What is meant by specific (also called special) conditions of probation?” Give three examples of typical special conditions of probation. What benefits are gained in using special conditions of probation? In what ways might the overuse of special conditions of probation result in inordinately high probation violation rates? Explain by using an example.

8. What is the single main purpose of the Presentencing Investigation and Report (PSI)? Why has it traditionally been considered a main example of individualized justice? At what point in the criminal justice process is the PSI used? Describe the main components of the PSI.

Answer: The single main purpose of the PSI is

9. What goals and ideas led to the creation of parole in the late 1800s? What is the basic philosophy supporting parole? Identify some main factors (three would be good) taken into consideration by Parole Boards in considering whether parole should be granted?

10. Identify important ways in which parole is different from, and also similar to probation? What is the significance of the fact that being granted probation or parole is a privilege and not a right? How does this basic idea of a privilege and not a right change once someone is placed on probation or parole?

11. Make an argument as to why parole should be abolished, or at least seriously limited. Then, make an argument for why parole should be supported.

12. Identify four due process rights that were given to those on probation and parole in matters of revocation, stipulated in laws from the late 1960s and early 1970s. How does the standard of proof required on the part of the state in revocation hearings differ from that required in regular criminal proceedings?

13. What main points do we learn from the “Outside the Gates,” (Jean Sanders) and the “Ex-offender” articles in the packet (Week 6) about that which is needed for successful reentry from prison? (Two or three main points from each.)

How does the court administer pre-trial management procedures such as notice,right to counsel,and whether to terminate the proceedings?

Construct an outline of 400-500 words for an essay in which you describe the procedural steps in a criminal trial.

Address the following:

How does one determine whether or not they have standing to appear in criminal court? Once standing is confirmed, how does the court administer pre-trial management procedures such as notice,right to counsel,and whether to terminate the proceedings? Why are these procedures required for the administration of Justice?

Explain what happens during each step of a trial including the purpose each step serves. These steps should include, at a minimum, the following: opening statements, direct examination, cross-examination, jury instructions, jury deliberations, rendering a verdict, and sentencing.

Analyze and discuss what possible appellate procedures are in place for a criminal defendant. Explain when an appeal may be a viable option, and when it may not.

Include an Annotated Bibliography section with at least six sources, formatted in APA.

What are the advantages of having several officers search a crime scene?What are the disadvantages?

This week’s ASSIGNMENT is to answer a series of questions. Your answers should be comprehensive, detailed and written in narrative form. Proper spelling, grammar and punctuation are mandatory. Officers and Detectives write lots of reports and they must be concise and professional with no room for slang, poor spelling and grammar.

1 What are the advantages of having several officers search a crime scene?What are the disadvantages?

2 Many court decisions regarding police involve the question of legal searches. What factors are considered in the legal search of a PERSON, a private DWELLING, ABANDONED PROPERTY, a BUSINESS, a MOTOR VEHICLE, etc.?

3 Do you think notes should be retained or destroyed after a report has been written and why

4 Police officers frequently stop vehicles for traffic violations. Under the PLAIN-VIEW doctrine, what evidence may be taken during such a stop? May the officers search the vehicle? The driver? The occupants? Be detailed in your answers.

Explain how the information applies to successful leaders in the profession.

Prepare an Analysis Report using data and information from studies on leadership styles and characteristics derived from empirical research, and explain how the information applies to successful leaders in the profession.

Cite specific examples of criminal justice leaders who embody the concepts learned from the literature. Analyze the findings and make or state at least three (3) conclusions based on, or derived from, the research in your report that could benefit criminal justice leaders.

Grading will be based on the degree to which students meet the following criteria:

A one-half (½) page Executive Summary of the Report

The Report on your review of the literature:

Use of at least five (5) scholarly sources (refereed journals,empirical studies, etc.) and at least seven (7) to ten (10) citations containing quantitative data, charts, graphs, tables, etc., in the body of the Report.

Application of the research to examples of criminal justice leaders who embody concepts from the research.

The quality of the conclusions based on, or derived from, the research in your report.

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Describe a few ethical issues when investigating death scenes and explain how violating these can impact an investigation.

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Week 8 Ethics, Stress, and Court

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1. Describe a few ethical issues when investigating death scenes and explain how violating these can impact an investigation.

2. Identify and explain some of the job-related stressors faced by medicolegal death investigators and homicide detectives, and further explain some of the most common warning signs of stress and what some appropriate coping mechanisms would be.

3. Select and describe at least three of the most important things you believe are required for a death investigator to successfully provide expert testimony to a Court.

THIS IS NOT A PAPER, JUST ANSWER EACH QUESTION AND CITE SOURCES. EACH ANSWER SHOULD ONLY BE 200 WORDS.

Examine the cumulative impact of deficit-spending by studying the debt.

Complete questions 1 & 2 (a-l) based on information retrieved from the provided websites.

This is not a paper, they are short answer questions. Provide the answer to each question below it.

Q1). Federal Debt and Deficit

The federal deficit and debt are the focus of ongoing political debate that contributes to ongoing gridlock in Congress. What is really going on?

Define the deficit and the debt. How are they different? How do they relate?

Visit the website http://www.usdebtclock.org/index.html and answer the below questions:

What is the debt per citizen? Will we ever have to pay this ourselves?

What are the largest budget items that are contributing to our expenses?

How much of our debt is composed of interest payments on the debt?

Examine the cumulative impact of deficit-spending by studying the debt.

At the same website, look at the National Debt.

As of today, what is today’s national debt?

Next, to learn about the deficit, visit the http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/federal_deficit.

What was the annual federal deficit over the past 5 years? What is it this year?

Review the website, including the history of the deficit over the past century.

What contributes to the deficit?

What is the risk of running deficits?

Q2). Employment and Wages

The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics is the primary agency responsible for collecting data on employment and unemployment. Click on http://www.bls.gov/data/. This is a website that enables you to review a variety of data on the economy.

Click on the link for “Employment” at the top. A variety of tables can be viewed.

Click the first box under “Top Picks” and you will see a variety of tables that can be generated.

Select the boxes next to the table: “Manufacturing Employment.” Then at the bottom, hit “retrieve data.”

Review one month over the past 10 years. What is the trend in manufacturing jobs nationally?

Return to the starting website and review data on the unemployment rate.

What is the current unemployment rate?

What has been the unemployment rate in your area in the past 5 years?

What are the rates in various states (5) around the United States in the past 5 years?

Describe the findings and strengths and limitations of the model,based around issues of causality,reliability,and validity.

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Review the elements of experimental and non-experimental design. For each type of research design, discuss how the design is distinguished from others, including the assignment of subjects, and describe the findings and strengths and limitations of the model,based around issues of causality,reliability,and validity.

Finally, discuss how this information informs your own research proposal. Lay out what research design would be most suitable for addressing your proposed research question, given your topic and goal of research.

Have attached previous assignment before this one for reference.

Will also attach my 10 sources even though do not believe you need them.