In this article, we shall evaluate the effectiveness of the measures that have been taken to control the children and adolescents who have a high risk of future offending. According to researchers, there has been a lot of arrests of young children and adolescents. Law enforcement in the United States for example arrested 2.4 million children aged 18 years and below. This was a 18% of all arrests made, 33% of all property crimes and 17% of the criminal activities that were committed that year (Snyder, 1999). More significant is that cases of cases of youthful offenders are on the rise on among the young female compared to their male counterparts and this situation is raising an alarm (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999).
These countries are said to have a “culture of tolerance” which is causing the sex industry to become more successful than ever. The United States is daily normalizing the idea of pimping and prostitution to America’s youngest. Through many forms of entertainment, such as music and television, the numbers of children being lured into the sex business is growing tremendously (Kotrla 3). While this business is being portrayed as “fun” or “cool”, the public fails to realize the gruesome reality of this industry. Thousands of victims across the country are being beaten, abused, and exploited as if they were
This represents around 473,000 adults being victims of sexual offences (around 404,000 females and 72,000 males) on average per year. These experiences span the full spectrum of sexual offences, ranging from the most serious offences of rape and sexual assault to other sexual offences like indecent exposure and unwanted touching. "(Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2009/2010/2011/2012) Sexual assault is a personal and destructive crime. The effects on individual can be psychological, emotional, or physical. They can be brief in duration or last a long time.
When a person is drunk, they can commit any kind of crime because they are not in their right mind at that particular moment but, the law doesn’t know if you are drunk or not and the law or punishment against sexual assault is high. The victims of rape or sexual assault are mostly women. “Sexual assault, including rape, occurs most commonly among women in the late adolescence and early childhood, usually within the context of a date’. In one survey, approximately 10percent of female of the high school students reported having being rape. Research suggests that alcohol use by the offender, the victims or both, increases the likelihood of sexual assault by a male acquaintance (NIAAA).
The number of youth entering the juvenile and criminal justice systems is increasing. Juvenile justice systems are breaking away from traditional rehabilitative goals of the juvenile courts. They are favoring more punitive approaches to juvenile crime. This is shown by the increase of zero tolerance policies, efforts to try juveniles as adults, mandatory minimum sentences, and efforts to get rid of juvenile court systems entirely. According to the Census of Juveniles in Residential placement, in 2006 there were approximately 92,854 adjudicated juveniles in residential placement in the United States.
courts, jails, prisons, and the probation system. Much of the crime can be seen in the increase of gang activity. Immigrant gangs are considered a threat to public safety due to their members’ tendency for violence and their involvement in transnational crime. The National Alliance of Gang Investigators states, “Over the past few decades, the United States has experienced an increase in the number and size of gangs made up largely if not entirely of immigrant youth (legal and illegal) and the U.S.-born children of legal and illegal immigrants” (Feere, Vaughan 2). According to a study for the U.S. Department of Justice, “aliens arrested under Operation Community Shield collectively represent a significant menace to the public.
The article focuses on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act of 1974 which focused on remaking barbaric juvenile systems. The article went on to explain how this agreement has taken a setback and needed to be revisited. It speaks of larger numbers of juveniles being sent to adult jails where are subject to conditions such as rape, being battered and conditions so bad that they may contemplate suicide. I was surprised to see that as many as 40 states regard children as young as 14 years of age competent enough to stand trial in an adult court. The article expounds on some key statistics that suggest that young people are 36 more times to commit suicide in an adult prison than a juvenile facility.
Juveniles were responsible for 16% of the violent crimes and 26% of all the property crimes that were on record throughout the United States. The statistic report shows that the arrest rate for juveniles who were charged with murder is at a rate of 3.8 per 100, 000 juveniles that were arrested in 2008.” The increase in drug offenses and simple assaults According to "Juvenile Justice Bulletin" (2008), “The report lists statistics for the juvenile drug abuse violations in 1994, 2007, and 2008. During the different years listed, the drug abuse violations continue to decrease. The report shows that the drug abuse violations resulted in 180,100 juvenile arrests.” “Simple assaults included in the chart were at zero reported; however, looking under the other assaults in the report there were 18% of the arrests reported to be
Does Waiving Juveniles to Criminal Court Deter Recidivism November 28, 2012 Does waiving juveniles to criminal court deter recidivism? Violent youth crime has contributed to the perception that something is seriously wrong with our society and legislative system; crime is no longer a man’s game, it’s becoming child’s play. The continued rise in youth crime over the past decades has increased the public’s fear of juvenile offenders. Those who have been victimized call upon our legislators for stronger measures to deal with juveniles who continue to commit crime. Today, all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia allow juveniles to be prosecuted in criminal court.
If you have issues viewing or accessing this file, please contact us at NCJRS.gov. U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention A Juvenile Justice System for the 21 st Centu ry Shay Bilchik The growth of violent juvenile crime over the past decade has stirred signifi,ate on the viability and effecof this Nation's juvenile justice system. Between 1988 and 1994, juvenile arrests for violent crimes increased more than 50 percent. These increases have strained the juvenile justice system beyond capacity, from intake and detention to court and correctional services. The result, in many jurisdictions, is a system that does not consistently serve the public safety, hold juveniles