Teen Court

Nash & Edgecombe Teen Court is where I decided to complete my service learning for this grading period. If you don’t know what “Teen Court” is i’ll be more than happy to explain. Teen court is held on certain dates, in either Rocky Mount, Tarboro or Nashville. You pick your preference. Teen court includes teen’s from ages 14-18 that participate in real live court sessions of other teens who decided to go to teen court as an alternative instead of going to real court. In the courtroom we have the

County Teen Court.Teen Court is a system of restorative justice set up for and run by youth in the community. The program is offered as an alternative to juvenile court, and gives them an opportunity to take responsibility for their own actions with community based sanctions given by their peers. I applied for and became a member of the panel roughly three years ago, and since then have witnessed the immense impact it can have on the youth who participate. Many of the kids who attend teen court are

volunteering at teen court since eighth grade and currently am in my fifth year in the program. Many teenagers in my community commit crimes such as larceny, affray, possession of drugs, etc., but are unaware of the consequences when such incidents occur. Teen court alleviates the worst case scenario of these adolescents having a blemish on the record – a blotch that could hinder future college and job prospects. Instead of just merely facing punishment, the defendants that undergo teen court are given

Teen Court is a program where teenagers experience the journey of lawyers or juries and determine the future of their peers, who have broken a law. As punishment, the defendant will be given a tour of the Juvenile Hall, in hope of intimidation bestowed upon them, which will result in them never wanting to return. As part of the jury, one may wonder how frightening this tour is and if so, how effective is it. In the Juvenile Hall, juvenile delinquents contain leverage amongst their peers along with

changed my life tremendously though. From 2009 until 2014 I had the amazing opportunity to work for the Nash-Edgecombe County Teen Court Program and doing so profoundly shaped my future. In 2009 I was apart of a Community In Schools program within my secondary school. Through that program I was able to apply for the Teen Court Program in my surrounding county. The Teen Court Program was an outreach program that had the sole purpose of helping juveniles within Nash and Edgecombe counties to turn around

Sheridan, a current WVU freshman and experiencer of the teen court process. Teen courts are legally binding, sentence based courts for first time low-level juvenile offenders that aim to build character instead of issuing punishments. These courts consist of juveniles holding positions such as clerk, prosecuting and defence attorneys, bailiff, and the jury. The entire process is completed with little adult involvement resulting in an almost completely teen run system. Some may argue that these programs are

United StatesPage 12 Crime Prevention Programs in US An Analysis of Teen Courts Teen courts are gaining popularity in United States with every passing year. The main intent of these courts is to ensure that the youth of US becomes aware of the law that is extended and applied to them and must not feel exempted from legal jurisdiction just because of their age. However, there have been concerns about the increasing number of teen courts as the skeptics believe that it misleads the public regarding actual

Being a teenager isn’t easy. At no point in history has being a teenager ever been easy. Since the moment you turn thirteen, you are plunged into a world where your thoughts are plagued and your emotions trap you. Teenage culture has become the normalization of peer pressure, drug and alcohol abuse, bullying, cliques, etc. Teenagers are the ones who decide who and what is cool or not. Teenagers create the social boundaries and characteristics that every generation has come to know. They are the control

Addiction Theory Agency Paper (Western Kentucky Teen Challenge) There are many students who strive to go into the field of counseling. This comes to only those who have worked hard and shown a great deal of dedication. In this paper I will address several questions that are relevant to the agency I have picked, which is called Teen Challenge. I will first address the history of the agency, then I will address questions, such as who does the agency serve? How do they determine who is eligible for

Comparing Cosmogirl and Cosmopolitan A comparison between "Cosmogirl" and "Cosmopolitan". Two successful magazines. One woman's' and one teenage. Would you read the same magazines as your daughter? Would you expect the contents in a magazine aimed at women to be diversely different from a magazine aimed at teenagers? I think that because teenagers are at very different stages of their lives to adults and therefore have different concerns, issues and perspectives