The purpose of the classification matrix is to suggest the presumptive sanction(s) for youth entering the juvenile justice system based on the seriousness of the present offense and the risk of continued delinquent behavior. Furthermore because of incomplete information in criminal history, social behavior, attitude behavior indicators, incomplete school data, medical history, and families background along with criminal history, this is assessment cannot properly assess these two juveniles. Additionally, the assessment cannot match the sanction with the level of control necessary to manage the risk, and offer the advantages of the matrix approach for a more accurate measure of recidivism than the use of a risk assessment only (Missouri Juvenile Offender Risk Assessment, 2003). In assessing the current information with an understanding the risk assessment is incomplete and pending further investigations the correctional strategy are assessed
Life-Without-Parole 1 Juvenile Life Without Parole Antoinette Harris DeVry University Abstract – Life without Parole for a juvenile is it harsh or a deserved punishment that fits the crime? There are cases that have helped over turn some sentences. Is it fair or does the juvenile deserve to life a life without the possibility of returning to society. Is the juvenile system meant for simple punishment or rehabilitation? Are we teaching our adolescents that if they make a mistake their life is over?
Preventing a crime from taking place clearly outweighs the cost of reacting to a crime that has already taken place. Instead of sending out random patrols, information systems can use this task force in a more efficient way, by sending them to high yield crime areas during high yield crime times. As technology continues to advance and improve, so will these information systems. Everything has some sort of weakness and information systems for preventive policing is no exception. Although the system itself is fair and objective, people using them are not always so.
Prison time may be no worse for some people than the way they already live and therefore ineffective as a form of deterrence. People who cannot afford legal support have very minimal access to the legal system. An innocent person may be incarcerated only because they could not afford a suitable legal defence, this along with the theory of “school of crime” means that law abiding members of the community will become criminals through a forced exposure to real criminals. Instead of reducing future crime and recidivism, imprisonment is actually creating more offenders from once law-abiding citizens. The principle basis for a mandatory minimum sentence is the belief that the length of time in prison is a deterrent to future recidivism.
In cases where the primary reason for the offense is related to poverty or mental illness, in my opinion, the primary focus should be rehabilitation, as these offenders are less likely to repeat if they have what they need. Retribution is the one method that I feel really does not have a place in today’s society, if the court feels that the individual is beyond rehabilitation, then it is in societies best interest to protect it from that individual for as long as allowed by law. Deterrence can be a very effective method when trying to curb deviant behavior, but people must know how hard it is to get away with the criminal behavior, and how likely they are to be convicted if arrested, then it can be much more effective than just letting people stumble into the situation then finding out. Ultimately rehabilitation would be the ideal but not everyone can be rehabilitated and these people have to be punished in a way that lets others get the benefits of rehabilitation. References Forer, L. G. (1992).
By using deterrence you are hoping that the youth will realize the severity of what lies ahead of them if they continue down the path they are going. They will, hopefully, see that by you mentioning, or “threatening” to impose a punishment, such as incarceration, they will keep on the straight and narrow. If not, the punishment that was meant to deter will be imposed and the youth will have to suffer the consequences that come along with it. Chapter 12 states “once in the institution, the individual experience is intended to specifically deter youth from engaging in future delinquent behavior” (p.434). The chapter continues by stating, “Therefore, if the threat itself does not prevent the delinquency, the reality of the sanctions youth experience should deter them from further
Juveniles should not be tried as adults in any circumstance. Firstly, children do not have fully developed minds, like adults do which deters their ability of problem solving and reasoning. Secondly, it is a proven fact that adult facilities are not efficient punishments and juveniles sent to these are more likely to re-offend quicker. And finally, sending juveniles to adult centers will ruin their life. Speaker number 2 stated, and I quote, “Juveniles are well aware of the actions they make and should be tried as adults for their heinous crimes.” end quote.
Lastly, it will talk about the societal implications of abolishing juvenile court. Overview of the Juvenile Justice System The juvenile justice system was created because the justice system decided under the age of 18 a juvenile should not be held responsible for their delinquent acts. Therefore, they created a juvenile justice system to rehabilitate juveniles instead of punishing them, in the hope of keeping them from committing more crimes. Depending on the severity of the crime, the age of the offender, and amount of incidents, the juvenile court can waive its jurisdiction and have the juvenile transferred to the adult court to be punished. To guarantee the juvenile’s welfare and safety, the state statues deliver a baseline for courts and procedures they must follow when handling a juvenile in the adult justice system, called parens patriate.
In order to make it aware to the community that offenders have been punished, sentencing makes it clear that punishment is occurring. It has been recognized by the courts that deterrence is considered one of the main purposes of criminal punishment. Corporate crime is taken seriously because it is not only hard to detect as well as it causes harm or loss in some way to the public. The main purpose of creating deterrence was to ensure that the criminal realizing the crime they committed, prevents other people from committed that crime as well as it gives a sense of satisfaction to society that someone is being punished for their crime. The overall goal of retribution is to reduce
Crime is still a crime no matter how old you are. Killing is still killing no matter what. Many believe that this is the wrong approach to take up because it does not focus on the main factor at hand the crime that has been committed. It is also argued that juvenile courts do not aim to punish, but are put in place to merely guide and treat. (Reaves) Furthermore, juveniles to be tried as adults is that it'll not only make them understand the consequences of their action, but also prevent them from committing any further crimes, knowing fully well that they are not given any special consideration because of their age factor.