Contrast the components of the juvenile justice system to those of the adult justice system.
This competency assessment assesses the following Outcome(s): CJ150M3: Contrast the components of the juvenile justice system to those of the adult justice system. Juvenile Justice System vs. Adult Justice System The Juvenile Justice System and the Adult Justice System both have similarities and differences in the overall handling of offenders. In your learning activity, you identified those processes that are the same for both juveniles and adults or those processes that are different for both juveniles and adults. In this assessment, you will: • Select four (4) of the processes identified in the learning activity and clearly compare and contrast their treatments in the juvenile and adult courts. (At least one full paragraph per comparison). • Do you feel there are enough significant differences between the two systems to justify having a separate juvenile system? Justify your rationale. Minimum Submission Requirements • Proper notification of any resubmission, repurposing, or reworking of prior work per the Purdue Global Student Coursework Resubmission, Repurposing, and Reworking Policy Resource. • This assessment should be a Microsoft Word (minimum 1–2 page) document, in addition to the title and reference pages. • Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your submission should be highly organized, logical, and focused. • Your submission should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose. • Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful. • Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar, and mechanics. • A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research. • Be sure to include references for all sources and to cite them using in-text citations where appropriate. Your sources and content should follow current APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center. • Your submission should: o include a title page; o be double-spaced; o be typed in Times New Roman, 12 -point font; and o be free of spelling or punctuation errors. https://purdueuniversityglobal.vitalsource.com/reader/books/9781337413497/epubcfi/6/6%5Bidloc_002.xhtml-itemref%5D!/4%5Beid357%5D/2%5Bpage_break_inline_1%5D Chapter 9: “Schools and Delinquency” Chapter 9 explores how educational achievement and delinquency are related. Educational institutions are among the primary instruments of socialization, and as such they are bound to influence the amount of delinquent behavior by school-age children. The chapter begins with an overview of the modern-day school and the factors in the school experience that appear to contribute to delinquent behavior. Student misbehaviors, which may have their roots in the school experience, range from minor infractions of school rules for example, smoking and loitering in the halls, to serious crimes such as assault, arson, drug abuse, and vandalism. As school crime has become a national concern in recent years, delinquency in the school setting, with a focus on school shootings, is examined. The chapter presents research that indicates that the causes of school violence can be found at the individual, school, and community level. The chapter concludes with an examination of the efforts attempted by schools to prevent delinquency. Chapter 10: “Drug Use and Delinquency” This chapter addresses some important issues involving teenage substance abuse. The chapter begins with a review of the kinds of drugs adolescents are using and their frequency of use. Next, a variety of annual national surveys that measure the extent of teen drug use, including Monitoring the Future, the Parents’ Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE) Survey, and the National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), are evaluated. Many explanations for why youth use drugs have been offered, including growing up in disorganized areas in which there is a high degree of hopelessness, poverty, and despair; peer pressure; parental substance abuse; emotional problems; and those that are suffering from general problem-behavior syndrome. The multiple pathways to drug abuse are then examined, followed by an exploration of the link between drug use and delinquency. The chapter concludes with a review of efforts to prevent and control the use of drugs among teenagers. A number of drug-control strategies have been tried; some are designed to prevent drug use, some deter drug use by targeting dealers, and others treat users who are already addicted.
