The Canadian Criminal Justice System has been altered drastically over the years, specifically for youth. The introduction of the Youth Criminal Justice Act noted the connection between labeling theory, social learning theory, and crime, and thus created more diversion and reintegration strategies for police and courts to divert youth away from incarceration sentences including extrajudicial measures. With the introduction of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) in 2003, Canadian youth were introduced to a new form of corrections with a focus on rehabilitative justice and protection of the public that separated them from the adult criminal justice system (Griffths & Murdoch, 2014, p.331). With the rehabilitative focus of youth corrections…
When youth grow up in poverty, needing to provide for themselves or their family, and not with a good educational background, they often resort to criminal activities. They are not afraid of the consequences because going into the system is seen as a “rite of passage” and gives them more credit on the street (Conover,…
The Uniform Crime Reports, the National Crime Victimization Survey, and Juvenile Court Statistics are all official sources and measurements of criminal activity. The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) is a classification system that lists crimes that are annually committed. These figures are voluntarily reported by law enforcement agencies. The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) allows individuals to answer questions about their victimizations, even those that were not reported to the police, therefore providing a more accurate measure of crime. “Juvenile Court Statistics were developed to show what happens to juveniles who come to the attention of authorities (Bartollas and Miller, 2011, page 31).”…
Every single individual person that is living in the United States today and probably for years to come das been affected by juvenile crime. It not only affects parents, siblings, teachers, neighbors, and all families involved. This also affects the victims of crime, the bystander, and the perpetrators. Although the delinquency rates are experiencing a decrease, this is not true in many cities the rate is still remaining high. In these high crime cities numerous programs have attempted to try and lower this juvenile rate, but while there are a few that can be extremely successful and other programs have no impact and just minimal impact.…
FINDINGS The researcher found surprising and interesting data collected from both the surveys and interviews. Substantial information to answer the research question showed to the researcher regarding all three of the concepts; parental substance abuse, socioeconomics, and intervention were found. The answer to the research question will be answered because of the detailed and honest information given by the participants. It was clear to the researcher that the participants thought that parental substance abuse, socioeconomics, and intervention were all risk factors correlating to juvenile delinquency.…
Crime continues to be an important issue of the 21st century. In the 1980s and early 1990s, crime was high. The increase in crime was very short but it still has a lasting effect on the juvenile justice system. Because of the many youth gangs, gun violence, and drugs, they created three agencies that present new ways of handling youth offenders on a separate system. The first agency was the way that they portrayed the violence of the youth.…
You cannot leave the subject of race when your talking about crime in the United States. As we know, the relevant groups in the Unites States are Asians, African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans. I started to question why certain races have more criminal involvement and victimization. This research paper talks about how heavy African Americans and Latinos are involved in the criminal justice system. There’s theory that are based on racial differentials in the criminal justice system.…
Juvenile crime in Florida 1. For three of the past four years, Orange County has led the state in juvenile arrests, according to a new state report. There were 6,547 juvenile arrests in Orange County in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in a report released Nov. 14. That's 38 percent more than Miami-Dade, where the population is nearly double. Orange County is Florida's fifth largest as measured by population, but it has had more juvenile arrests each of the past two years than the counties that outrank it: No. 1 Miami-Dade, No. 2 Broward, No. 3 Palm Beach and No. 4 Hillsborough.…
School shootings, bullying, suicides, and increase in gang violence these are things that a lot of communities are faced with. Over the past couple of years America as a country has been through series of events that has shaped this country to wat it is now. With all these changes one has to wonder how these changes are affecting the future of the youths and how it’s currently affecting them. In their report Juvenile Focus, Alvin W. Cohn, and D.Crim talks about various topics like criminal victimization, policing disparities, jailing of the poor states reform sentencing, and how they all relate to juvenile delinquency. They tackle topics like juvenile drug court, juvenile drug treatment, teens being trialed as adult in courts, psychological abuse of teens and bullying and cyber bullying between teens.…
America can only be as great as the generation that is yet to come. The young people in America are facing an incarceration epidemic and the professionals behind the research being conducted believe that this could become a serious problem for the youth that experience the harsh conditions of being locked up. The author of “No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration” conducted a study in which he compiled various literature sources and statistics to support his claim for the need to end mass incarceration in the United States (cite). For over a century, the main form of punishment for adolescents that commit crimes has been to confine them in correctional facilities such as “large juvenile corrections institutions, alterna¬tively…
Juveniles and young adults do not just commit a disproportionate number of offenses; they also have an impact on overall trends in crime (Blumstein & Wallman, 2000). It is important to understand the amount of influence our communities have on juveniles. Today, it seems that guns and drugs are easier to access than it may have been in the past and juveniles are involving themselves in more frequent crime. According to Mares (2010), youth gang members are more likely to engage in delinquent behaviors than those who are not involved in gangs. Research has shown gang issues are involved more in urban areas.…
Juvenile offenders are becoming a significant concern for all professionals within the criminal justice system. Juveniles cannot lead a successful life when they have been a part of criminal activity and have not been rehabilitated. These individuals are the future or our country and of the world. When they have gotten involved in illegal activity it is less likely that they will have a positive impact on society. By using illegal substances, there are more individuals affected than just the offender.…
The people that make up the juvenile justice system came up with “to-save a youth” concept and offer the juveniles guidance and discipline. The number of crimes committed by juveniles has risen. This crisis is alarming the developments against crime with juveniles. “The rate at which juveniles were arrested for murder rose 177…
Socio-Economic Factors Juvenile delinquency causes a disruption in the economic system by the increasing rates of criminal acts. Social scientist and legislators attempt to unveil causes and solutions to this national dilemma United Nations, 2003). Youth that experience educational, financial or poverty go into survival mode to get their needs met. Getting needs met are not by employment but in “street hustling” and ways to make a quick dollar. Role models are limited and unavailable to teach the youth about core values (about education that can lead to a good tax paying job).…