Essays on Juvenile Probation

Abstract

It is deemed unfair and unjust to administer the same punishment to adults and minors. For this reason, a justice and correction system is formulated to bring to justice minors who perform the act that are against the law. One of the modes of correction is probation. This paper discusses about probation, the juvenile system of justice and the juvenile probation system.

Juvenile Probations

Historically, minors faced the same criminal justice proceedings as adults. In some geographical areas of the world such as Australia, they even faced the same punishments as adults. There lacked a category for the juvenile offenders. This is regardless ...

Juvenile Delinquency Research Proposal

Juvenile delinquency refers to a crime perpetrated by a minor who has not yet reached maturity. Since it has been seen in many scientific studies that a person doesn't attain full maturity until he reaches 18 years of age, juvenile offenders are treated differently than adults by the court of justice. In US there is a separate justice system for juveniles to deal with juvenile offenders. Based on the principle of "parens patriae", juvenile courts function like a guardian or parent by taking decisions in favor of the wellbeing of the children. However, despite separate justice system for juveniles, USA prosecutes juvenile offenders, guilty ...

Probation, in the criminal justice context, is the period which a convicted person (probationer) is subjected to supervision, critical examination and intense evaluation. A judicial court is the only institution with the authority to order probation on a convict. Probation is ordered in lieu of incarceration. However, it does not mean that the convicted person is set free. An order of probation has conditions often imposed by a statute. It is given for rehabilitative purposes. However, the trial judge has the discretion to impose more conditions on a probation sentencing to meet the interests of the public and the offender. The conditions imposed ...

Criminology and public policy

Relation to juvenile status offenders According to the biological theory, criminals are born with less advanced biological features as compared to other normal law abiding citizens. In that vein, juveniles with less advanced features such as hairy bodies, broad chins, and shapeless ears are likely to indulge in crime. According to this theory, the tendency to commit crime is inherent as early as at birth. On the other hand, the psychoanalytic theory attributes crime to the nature of upbringing accorded to a child during the period of his or her childhood. In that breath, juveniles who went through tough ...

Analyze both the arguments for and against juvenile probation. When should parole or probation be available to a juvenile offender and when should it not? What new policies could be adopted to help ensure that juvenile probation or parole are successful?

Juvenile probation is a sentence given to those aged under the age of 18 years who have been found guilty of committing a crime by a court of law. Juvenile probation is one of the most common correction programs and in 2009 nearly 550,000 juveniles were placed on probation across the U.S. Juvenile probation is a common judicial decision for those who ...