Category: Juvenile Crime

Should Juveniles Be Tried as Adults: Argumentative Essay Abstract Starting with In re Gault in 1967, the subject of whether or not juveniles should be treated like adults when it comes to the justice system has been a controversial one. Up until the late 60s, juveniles were not even given the same rights when charged…

Failure Of The Criminal Law To Fairly And Effectively Address Juvenile Crime Introduction This essay will present and analyze a variety of academic sources to oppose the statement that criminal law is fair and effective in addressing crime, punishing offenders, and maintaining social cohesion. The focus group of this essay will be juvenile offenders, which…

Juvenile Crime In South Africa, The United States And China Abstract Crime and bad lives are the measures of a States failure, all crime, in the end, is the crime of the community, H.G. Wells. In todays society, juvenile delinquency is at an all-time high. Juvenile delinquency refers to antisocial and criminal behavior committed by…

Youth Involved With The Juvenile Crime In The United States In all of the 50 states that comprise the United States of America, youths under the age of 18 can be tried in an adult criminal court system through several types of juvenile transfer laws. In Colorado, adolescence as young as 12 years old can…

Juvenile Crime: Teens Make Rash And Abrupt Decisions Which Get Them In Trouble A problem that has traversed its way through our society, multiple times reaching the Supreme Court. A court that hears around 100 cases a year has chosen to hear multiple cases regarding this matter. The matter of whether or not children should…

Drugs And Alcohol Are The Main Leaders Of The Juvenile Crime Convictions, careless mistakes, and just a little bit of fun . These are what many teens ages 13-17 go through. Sometimes teens are with their friends and they want to fit in or to be the cool guy they end up committing a crime.…

Juveniles And Crime Prevention Crime prevention is the recognition of a crime risk and the initial action of removing or reducing it. Crime prevention has three main levels to it. The first is the primary level which is aimed at general population and seeks to address risk factors for delinquency. The second is the secondary…