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…that: “Our national fixation with meting out adult punishments to young criminals has blinded us to the underling crisis—the juvenile system’s shocking inability to impose meaningful penalties, or even supervision, on offenders before they become the “predators…

…juveniles interested in the cheap thrill of an easy steal. Usually, most thieves’ prowl cars for a short term gain and or drive, perhaps to assist in the furtherance of another crime, such as robbery. The majority of offenders are juveniles, unlicensed…

…the offender's status is with the department and evaluates the cost of the merchandise. The suspect may be sent to the juvenile authorities or released to parents. Juvenile offenders face stiff penalties of fines, detention, community service and even jail time…

…of juvenile <Tab/>offenders? <Tab/>When someone under the age of 16, a young offender or juvenile, decide to commit a crime there are many people that are directly and indirectly affected by his/her actions. First off…

…children. The Juvenile Delinquents act (J.D.A.), The Young Offenders Act (Y.O.A), and an alternative justice system are only a few institutional laws that have helped shape the status of today’s children. The Juvenile Delinquents Act (J.D.A.), was passed…

…provision of the Criminal Code or any bylaw, who is liable by reason of any other act to be committed to an industrial school or juvenile reformatory under the provision of any provincial statute“. (Before the Young Offenders Act there was a Juvenile Delinquents…

…I feel that one of the biggest problems that the United States is faced with in the present day is juvenile crime. Juvenile crime does not only affect the individuals who commit the crime, it also affects the victim of the crime. This also affects…

…mentally ill long enough for them to execute him. Juvenile offenders are being executed also. International law prohibits the execution of people who were under 18 at the time of the crime but still the US does this. The only other countries that have carried…

…and juvenile offenders. The were place the in the same rat-infested jails under the same revolting conditions (Stewart 7). The early 1900s brought about that much needed change in the court system, although it was not until the early 1960s that the change became…

…, the average reading age in prisons are those similar to that of a 12 or 13 year old. For some the only way to survive is to commit crime. Due to the lack of educational facilities in prisons, a lot of the re-offending will continue. In juvenile prisons, like…