I want to focus your attentions upon Juvenile Justice in particular this week. Are juvenile cases treated differently than adult cases? Why? What differences can we identify? What is the essential structure for a juvenile case?
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Links for Review:
http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/structure_process/
http://ojp.gov/programs/juvjustice.htm
http://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/index.html
Download and Carefully Review:
Juvenile Offenders and Victims.DOJ.OJJDP.2014 Report (Download)
Juvenile Offenders and Victims.DOJ.OJJDP.2014 Report.pdf
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Juvenile cases refer to the cases in which the offender is not an adult yet. This means that the offender has not attained the age of eighteen yet as it is the case in most states. In some states juvenile cases are cases in which the offender is between the ages of ten and eleven. Juvenile cases are treated very differently than adult cases (Sherman, 2011).
The reason why juvenile cases are treated differently than adult cases is because the offenders are people below the age of eighteen who are mostly immature in the level of their thinking, their decision making…..
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