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While the adult court was set up to punish adults who are guilty of a crime. In the juvenile court system rehabilitation is a main focus. While in the adult court deterrence is the main focus. Juveniles are considered to be delinquent and not guilty...
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While adults are considered either guilty or innocent. Parole for juveniles is considered to be for monitoring a juveniles activities within the community. While adult probation is used to monitor adults from committing illicit behavior. Juvenile records are considered to be confidential because juveniles are considered to be successfully rehabilitated...
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Juveniles Deserve a Second This particular article discusses why the juvenile court was founded 100 years ago, what the founders expected to accomplish with it, and how juvenile crime bills are trying to take away confidentiality protections, discretion away from judges, and many other things...	2 / 542
Juveniles are Adults Imagine that you are a parent whose son or daughter has been killed by a 16-year-old. The teenager is brought to court, found guilty of the crime and the judge sentences him to two years in a juvenile facility, after which he will be free with not even a criminal record to follow him...	3 / 591
juvineles tried as adult According to Mr. Steve Smith 40% of inmates in prison are juveniles and he also says 150,000 prisoners are repeat offenders who started as juveniles. This means over 50,000 prisoners are juveniles and the others are adults who in the age of 18-26 says and has risen 40% ver the last few years, and according to the book Juvenile Justice in 1996 2,171 murder cases were charged to minors...	3 / 752
should juveniles be treated as adults When a child kills, does he instantly become an adult? Or does he maintain some trappings of childhood, despite the gravity of his actions? These are the questions plaguing the American legal system today, as the violent acts of juvenile offenders continue to make headlines...	2 / 520
Should Juveniles Be Tried As Adults Juveniles being tried as adults, who are to blame? In today’s society it is not who or whom it is what. Juvenile offenders are now facing a two court system, not only can they be tried in juvenile court for a crime committed...	4 / 980
Juveniles During the interview Farouka was very unclear of her punishment (group home placement for 12 months) and felt it was too harsh. Her reasoning was because it was her first offense...	5 / 1131
Juveniles A juvenile offender is an offender who is too young to be tried as an adult. The age at which a person can be tried as an adult varies between states, but is ordinarily the age of seventeen or eighteen...	3 / 634