Youth Court Case Study

The numbers of Juveniles being tried, and convicted as adults within the U.S are beginning to rise drastically. There are many reasons for the sudden increase such as lack of space in juvenile detention centers, and the rise in repeat offenders. This is starting to become a serious issue due to the effects that this act has on kids under the age of 18 no matter the crime at hand. Cambridge Dictionary describes a Juvenile Delinquent as, “a young person, usually under 18, who commits a crime” (Cambridge Dictionary) Many Juveniles are being tried as adults as well as convicted due to the crime committed. Though this is a strong argument as to why they should be allowed to live among adult convicts, the effects that this move can have on juveniles

Children as young as 11 are being sent to adult prisons 96% of them live in an abusive home, are being abused or live in a violent neighborhood. These young offenders know right from wrong but they are unable to process the long term effects of their decisions. Most teens live in the now and aren’t thinking of tomorrow or 5 years from now. The people should be helping these kids not locking them up. That child would have to deal with being sexual harassment every day because of his or hers size or age. They shouldn’t spend their whole life getting raped in a prison

Teenagers placed in prison with adults generally suffer horrific outcomes. Frequently raped and beaten, they become increasingly alienated from general society, and if they learn anything in prison, it is only how to become a more effective criminal. "Research has found that juveniles processed in adult courts are more likely to relapse into crime than to turn away from it. And studies also demonstrate that bringing misbehaving young people together is likely to encourage violence and other forms of misbehavior” (McCord and Widom, 2001). Another opposition of children being charged and tried as adults is that their criminal record won't ever go away and that one mistake made as a child will follow them their entire life (McCord and Widom, 2001). It will be hard for them to obtain employment and do other things in life to be productive members of

The Youth Criminal Justice Act is clearly an effective bill. Since the introduction of YCJA, crime for youth has been decreasing at a rapid rate. (Show graph) In this graph you can see that since the start of the bill (which was introduced in 2003) there has been a huge dip in “Total youth court cases”. Following that statistic the other categories have notably been decrease along with it. How do they achieve this? The YCJA guides youth. Instead of just tossing them like they are some criminal that serve their time and head off, the bill provides things like counselling and community service to teach them their wrong doing and send them off as useful citizens that's shouldn't be coming in and out of prison constantly. Witout a doubt this would

Juvenile courts are courts that handle cases involving minors in the United States. In New York and North Carolina anyone under sixteen and above are considered adults, and in twelve other states it is seventeen years old. They cover cases dealing with children who are delinquents, have been abused, or neglected. This court is a specialty court. A specialty court is a court that is more of a problem-solving court, it has jurisdiction over one specific area of criminal activity. There are many interesting topics to be discussed involving the juvenile courts. Such topics include its history as well as the many benefits that comes with Juvenile courts.

The Juvenile Justice System was created as a separate network from the Criminal Justice System so that juveniles could be treated differently from adults but still be held accountable for their crimes. This system takes more of a rehabilitative approach to help the juvenile offenders rather than to simply punish them because the goal is to keep the youth on the right path and prevent them from becoming lifelong criminals. While the goal remains the same, different states have different laws in place and other methods when it comes to rehabilitation as well as punishment. Punishment for juveniles always sparks debate because many people argue that punishments such as the death penalty and life in prison should not apply to the youth because of their age. Others argue that without this kind of punishment there would be no fear for juveniles in committing serious crimes which would lead to an unfair practice of justice. An unfair practice of justice occurs across the juvenile justice system already in which race, gender, and ethnicity plays a huge role in determining how far into the system a youth goes. Changes have to be made to this system in order for improvement to be seen but it has to start from the beginning where the juveniles first come into contact with the system.

I believe that children who enter the juvenile justice system on series charges such as murder, rape, armed robbery, etc. need to be examined very closely when making the decision to try them as an adult. Not only is past criminal charges something to take into consideration, but also the child’s family life, where do they come from, what types of supports do they have, where they victims of abuse, and did they witness physical violence at some point in their life. My experience in working with the Juvenile Justice System is that they would like to keep juveniles out of the jails and focus on rehabilitation. I fully support rehabilitation for youth who have

In the State of Tennessee, a juvenile is considered under the age of eighteen and has not been transferred to adult court (TN Court, n.d.). The state law that governs expungement of juvenile records in Tennessee is Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.) 37-1-506. T.C.A. 37-1-506 states that the council appointed by the state “shall develop guidelines and procedures to expunge identifying information collected on juveniles; provided, that such expunction shall occur only after the juvenile reaches the age that is beyond jurisdiction of the juvenile court” (Lexis Nexis, 2017). This is required to be reported every year by September 1st. Upon receipt of an order of expungement of the charge for which the child was placed on county probation or received prevention services “the department shall expunge that child's information from

Juvenile court is a type of specific court that functions within the judicial system. Every state has this special courts that transact with juveniles, individuals between the ages of 10 and 18 in most states, who have been suspected of violating an unlawful act. Adults are accused of crimes and juveniles are commonly accused of delinquent acts. Subsequently, children have a lesser understanding of the regulations, so they receive or are awarded special protections. They do not have all the constitutional rights that adults have because they are minors. A minor could be tried as an adult and will not receive special protections, if they have violated certain atrocious crimes.

Juvenile justice is the area of criminal law for a person not old enough to be held responsible for their criminal actions (“Juvenile Justice”). In most states this kind of categorization is determined by age, set at eighteen years old. In general, juvenile law is governed by state law and most states have an individual juvenile code set in place that contributes to the number of youth in detention centers today (“Juvenile Justice”). Despite the lowest youth crime rates in twenty years, according to Holman and Ziedenberg (2006), hundreds of thousands of juveniles are locked away each year. Detention centers are intended to provide temporary housing for youth who are described as having high risk of re-offence before trial or who are

The court system know that juveniles are very young and don’t understand what the consequences are for their actions, many juveniles are transferred to adult courts for the court hearing. If a juvenile was tried as an adult an end up going to jail what you think would happen to them? An adult cellmate might be a bad influence on them, and have them to do things they don’t want to do like peer pressure them. The adult cellmate will take advantage of the young juveniles by telling them to do things they’re not supposed to do, and they won’t be able to mature properly by listening to others. In some cases, it’s not wise to tried teens as an adult because some teens aren’t raised up in a nice home, because their parents could be beating them so that’s why they have a messed-up mind

Sergio Paredes (Court Liaison) faxed CM, Dre’quan (youth) court order from today’s (1/20/17) court hearing. Youth has to continue with court GPS bracelet, follow BPS recommendations, and must obey Sasha Walker (caregiver niece) rules. Youth next court hearing is 2/10/17 at 1:30pm.

In this scenario John has been going around robbing people of the community as well as a few stores. He has been arrested several times for burglary, shop-lifting and carjacking. Although, he has been to prison on some of these crimes he has been let out on probation twice. Now rather than give John another opportunity to hurt more people as well as the community as a whole he should not be able to get out on probation or parole but serve out his entire sentence. Therefore, he has become a major problem to the community and should not be considered for any form of community correction program.

If they are convicted of a felony the judge can send them to an adult prison. But if the juvenile committed a minor crime, or misdemeanor, such as shoplifting or vandalism the judge would send them to a juvenile prison for their sentence. This plan has several advantages including, 1) deters and minimizes crimes committed by minors which is crucial because in 2014 there were over 1 million juvenile arrests, 2) brings justice to the victims, in the case of murder,the victim’s life will never be returned,and 3) corrects a case of blind justice, one of the problems in juvenile courts is that they have a tendency to focus on the age of the suspect and not on the crime and the reason that it was

I agree that the teen court is an interesting concept. I'm glad you mentioned students feeling more comfortable talking to their peers rather than having to talk to administration because I didn't think of it, and I agree completely. I think it is a strong advantage of the teen court. The peers may be able to understand why the student is acting out and breaking rules more than the administration can. I feel that the positive reinforcement is a very effective way to reward students when have good behavior. After school detention and Saturday school is a better punishment because it keeps the students in the classroom, but it shows them that their actions do have consequences. Some students may enjoy being suspended depend on how much they