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Should status offenders be treated differently than juvenile delinquents?
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∙ 12y ago
There is no comparison to be made. Juveniles are juveniles and the law says they should be treated differently from adults, regardless of the charge against them.
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What is first offense assault charges on a minor in Missouri?
They would be charged with assault. There is no difference in the laws for juvenile or adult offenders - - only in how they are treated in court.
How do courts treat juvenile offenders?
They are treated more leniently than adult offenders, with an eye towards rehabilitation and showing them the error of their actions. Other than that, a crime is a crime, and whether the offender is a juvenile or not, the legal system will address their offense.
How are offenders treated?
All should be treated as innocent til found guilty and sentenced. Then all the same type of offenders should be treated equally.
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Not in most instances and that is the reason they have hearings to establish whether a person should be tried in adult or Juvenile court. In a murder case they often are where in a shoplifting case they are tried in juvenile court and should be. One deciding factor that the courts consider is the persons history, if a 12 year old has committed varying degrees of crimes and they seem to be escalating in severity then the court will rule for adult court.
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Do most celebrities that commit crimes get treated differently then regular people?
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How should the juvenile justice system respond to female delinquency?
First, it is a myth that females do not become delinquent; there are young women and girls who do get arrested, often as a result of problems with drugs and alcohol, but these days, also as a result of joining gangs. Poverty, physical and sexual abuse, and lack of parental involvement can also play a role in the delinquency of girls. Studies have shown that the justice system has historically treated girls and women more harshly, under the mistaken belief that it is abnormal for females to become criminals, so giving them a serious punishment will scare them away from further offenses. However, without addressing the underlying factors that lead to delinquency, punishment alone does not work. The truth is that the juvenile justice system is overburdened and underfunded, and young women are often given little counseling, no therapy, and little guidance about how to change their lives. Certainly, girls who steal or commit assault deserve punishment of some kind, but first offenders should be treated differently from repeat offenders. Rather than just focusing on locking up juvenile offenders, prisons should also provide role models who can help these girls to develop better coping strategies. Many juvenile offenders are illiterate or come from homes where substance abuse (or even sexual abuse) was common. While juvenile offenders do need to pay for their crime and understand where they went wrong, a combination of counseling, education, and job training may help to give them a better path than what they had been on and prevent them from returning to prison later. Unfortunately, we are living in a time when the emphasis is on "law and order," but this alone will not solve the problem of juvenile delinquency, whether by males or by females.
How do South African laws handle juvenile offenders?
During the Apartheid period, punishments for juvenile offenders, including political activity, usually dealt with beatings or incarceration for their offenses. South Africa doesn't have sufficient legislation dealing with juvenile crime. Efforts have been made to take a rehabilitative approach to juvenile crime, and over 30,000 cases have been resolved by putting the offenders in rehab programs. Currently, it is possible for a child to be sentenced to life in prison. The public who have been victimized by a high crime rate in South Africa, are not inclined toward sympathy for youthful offenders.
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