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CJA 374 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Future of the Juvenile 

Justice System Presentation and Paper 

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Write a 1,750 to 2,250 word paper addressing the following scenario: 

You are a team of juvenile justice consultants making a presentation to 

the state legislature concerning the future of the juvenile justice system. 

Address the following in your paper: 

Recommendations for all aspects of the system including the following: 

Community 

Law enforcement 

Courts 

Corrections 

Private sector or privatization involvement 

A justification for the system and funding based on history, trends, and 

causation theories. 

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation to accompany your paper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

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CJA 374 Week 5 DQ 3 


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How would you go about ensuring that the public is equally safe if a 

juvenile institution is operated privately instead of by a state agency? 





What would be the positive and negative effects of your state’s juvenile 

probation department seeking accreditation through a national 

accrediting body, such as the American Corrections Association? 




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Which two federal cases do you think have had the largest impact on the 

juvenile justice system? Explain your selections. 


CJA 374 Week 4 Individual Assignment Juvenile Justice Process and 

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Risk Assessment Case Studies document Select one of the case studies 

as the foundation for this assignment. Once you have selected the case 

study complete the following assignment: 

Flow Chart 

Create a flow chart for your selected juvenile offender. 

Address the following in your assignment: 

Describe the process the juvenile will follow after arrest, from intake, 

through court, sentencing, and punishment or rehabilitation. The process 

should be based on actual state laws and the practices of your state or a 

state with which you are familiar. 

Include a brief corrections plan created in the mode most appropriate for 

the level of offense, such as a recommendation memo to Child

Protective Services or the school principal for a status offense, a letter to 

judge regarding sentencing for a nonviolent offense, or a report to 

corrections for a violent offender. 

Complete a recommendation memo to Child Protective Services or the 

school principal for a status offense, a letter to judge regarding 

sentencing for a non-violent offense, or a report to corrections for a 

violent offender. 






What is the major issue determining the effectiveness of a juvenile 

parole program? 





If a previously incarcerated and now-on-parole juvenile is not able to 

function or succeed in a public school setting, what would you 

recommend as an appropriate action? 





In most correctional settings for juveniles, two primary modalities affect 

the juvenile at all times: strict discipline and nurture-based treatment. Do 

you think these two modalities operate to the benefit or the detriment of 

the juvenile? 





How can positive change be measured while a juvenile is in secure 

confinement? How can you ensure these behaviors transition from 

detention to the community? Explain. 

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CJA 374 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Juvenile and Adult Courts 

A Comparative Analysis 


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Write a 1,000 to 1,500 word paper comparing and contrasting Juvenile 

Court with Adult Court. Include the following in your paper: 

An overview of the juvenile justice system 

A point by point comparison between juvenile and adult courts 

The implications for the youthful offender of the trend toward increasing 

the use of waivers or remanding juveniles to adult court for processing 

The societal implications of abolishing juvenile court 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines 





How might parents with good intentions have a negative affect on the 

juvenile court process and the dispositional outcome for the juvenile?





What is the process for a juvenile entering the juvenile justice system? 

What takes place at the various stages of this process? What changes 

would you recommend to improve the current process? 





What are some Supreme Court landmark decisions that have influenced 

the current juvenile justice system? How have these decisions changed 

things both for the better or worse? 





What are stipulations for detention of a juvenile prior to any formal 

action to adjudicate? What are types of crimes associated with this? 

What are the benefits of detaining the juvenile? 


CJA 374 Week 2 Individual Assignment Crime Causation and Diversion 

Paper 



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Write a 1,000 to 1,500 word paper describing two diversion, 

intervention, or prevention programs operating in your city or state. 

Address why the programs should work to reduce juvenile crime, based 

on an analysis of the relationship between program premise and goals 

and one or more major causes of juvenile delinquent behavior. 






What proportion of gangs in the United States is made up of females? 

What are some general characteristics of female gang members? Do they 

have the same initiation practices as males? Are these groups generally 

more or less violent than their male counterparts? 





Describe one case of juvenile delinquency with which you are 

personally familiar. To what extent did the family contribute to the 

delinquency? What might the family have done differently? 





In the saying “it takes a community to raise a child,” who are the key 

players involved in a juvenile’s life? Who has the most responsibility for 

preventing juvenile delinquency? Explain your rationale. 





Officers have a large amount of discretion when making arrests in adult 

cases. What is situation-based police discretion? What are the four 

different discretionary actions police officers may take in relation to 

juveniles they encounter? 


CJA 374 Week 1 Individual Assignment Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper 



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Resources: Juvenile Arrests 2008 Report 

Write a 700 to 1,000 word paper summarizing the key points of the 

Juvenile Arrests 2008 bulletin. Address the following in your paper: 

The overall decrease in juvenile arrests 

The increase in drug offenses and simple assaults 

Implications for juvenile females and minorities

An assessment of the tracking of juvenile arrests as a method of 

measuring the amount of and trends in juvenile crime 






Adult criminal courts have statutes pertaining to three-strikes legislation. 

What are the major contributors to the three-strikes legislation? Should 

this also be applied in juvenile proceedings? 





What is the doctrine of parens patriae? What are its origins? Does parens 

patriae continue to influence juveniles courts today? If you had a child 

who was arrested, would you prefer a get-tough policy or the parens 

patriae standards? Why? 





What are status offenses? Should juveniles be detained for status 

offenses, such as truancy or running away? Why? What are alternatives 

to detention for status offenders? 





What are some major differences between the juvenile courts and the 

criminal courts? What are some principal components of the juvenile 

justice system? Why do some refer to this as a process rather than a 

system? 


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CJA 374 Week 1 DQ 1




CJA 374 Week 1 Individual Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper 





CJA 374 Week 2 Individual Crime Causation and Diversion Paper 





CJA 374 Week 3 Learning Team Juvenile and Adult Courts A 

Comparative Analysis 



CJA 374 Week 4 DQ 3


CJA 374 Week 4 Individual Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections 




CJA 374 Week 5 Learning Team Future of the Juvenile Justice System 

Presentation and Paper

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