Youth Offending: Documentary Analysis

Crime and violence is a huge issue nationwide. Various strategies and programs have been implemented to help reduce such from occurring. Nearly half of crimes in the United States are committed by youth 10 to 17 years old. Juvenile crime increases each year at a rate double of adult crime. One way to help deter juvenile crime was the creation of the “Scared Straight Program”. Programs like Scared Straight consist of organized visits to prison facilities by juvenile delinquents or juveniles

of "The criminal justice system is failing children and young offenders in the UK" by considering both whether our justice system is delivering the overhaul of the youth justice systems aims of Providing the criminal justice system with an appropriate selection of sentencing choices and focusing any sentencing on preventing re-offending by stopping the vicious cycle young offenders tend to fall into. This report will also discuss the widely shared opinion that our justice system is severely inadequate

This basis of legitimacy is partly due to shared factors contextualized by authorities and institutions that play a critical role in identifying risk factors linked to youth offending. Part of this involves linking violence, with sociological constructs (e.g., personality characteristics, neighbourhood characteristics, immigrant concentration). For instance, Papachristos, Meares, & Fagan (2012) propose that young people from neighborhoods saturated with criminal associates and opportunities for gang-related

Like, some other articles and texts, Brewer in this book pays close attention to the under-privileged and the tensions that existed amongst the state and authority. Though this book pays little attention to youth crime, it does give an insight into historical civil disorder, suggesting that civil disorder is not confined to contemporary society and that there is a deep underlining issue surrounding the tension that exists within the state between authority

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Guilty! As the gavel hits the sound block, everyone is amazed at the verdict. This teenage boy is sentenced to a life in prison without parole. As you read this in newspapers, magazines, and even online, what goes through your head? You may be thinking, “Why is this teen being tried as adult, he is just a kid.” While he is “just a kid”, and this is a widely held opinion but it is not mine. Should minors who commit violent crimes be tried as adults? Absolutely. Just because minors are young they do

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