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Delinquency: It is also known as juvenile offending or

youth crime and means the failure to do what the law or duty requires or a conduct which is unacceptable by law. Delinquency is also suggestive of the failure of parents and society to raise the child rather than the failure of the child.

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Juvenile court: The Juvenile Court deals with offences

committed by persons below 16 years of age. The Juvenile Court is empowered with various options to deal with a juvenile offender, such as committing the offender to the care of a relative or other fit person, community service orders, probation orders, detention and reformative training. The Juvenile Court also deals with Beyond Parental Control cases.

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Community court: The Community Court was established to deal

with the following categories of cases: youthful offenders (aged 16 to 18), offenders with mental disabilities, neighbourhood disputes, attempted suicide cases, family violence cases, carnal connection offences committed by youthful offenders, abuse and cruelty to animals, cases which impact on race relations issues and selected cases involving offenders aged 65 years and above.

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Difference Between JuvenileAnd Community court:

The age is different (juvenile >=16, community 16-18)

Community also handles community related cases (e.g. racial issues)

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Are juveniles accountable for the crimes they commit? Should crimes committed by juvenile offenders be treated in the same way?

This is because no matter the offenders maturity or age, the end result of a heinous crime remains the same. The justice system is depended upon holding perpetrators responsible for their actions

Arguments For

Such harsh sentencing acts as a deterrent to kids who are considering committing crimes. Trying children as adults has coincided with lower rates of juvenile crimes. Light sentences dont teach kids the lesson they need to learn: If a crime is committed, serious or not, justice have to be served with punishment, where is usually in jail.

Arguments For

Kids today are more sophisticated at a younger age, where they understand the implications of violence and how to use violent weapons. It is absurd to argue that a modern child, who sees the effect of violence around him in the news every day, doesn't understand what killing really is. The fact that child killers know how to load and shoot a gun is an indicator that they understand exactly what they are doing

Arguments For

The juvenile prison system can help kids turn their lives around; rehabilitation gives kids a second chance. Successful rehabilitation, many argue, is better for society in the long run than releasing someone who's spent their entire young adult life in general prison population. A young person released from juvenile prison is far less likely to commit a crime than someone coming out of an adult facility.

Arguments Against

Children don't have the intellectual or moral capacity to understand the consequences of their actions; similarly, they lack the same capacity to be trial defendants.

Arguments Against

Children shouldn't be able to get deadly weapons in the first place. Adults who provide kids with guns used in violent crimes should be held at least as accountable as the kids themselves.

Arguments Against

Crimes and behaviours youth may be arrested

for

Assault Homicide Rape Robbery Arson Auto theft Burglary Larceny/Theft Vandalism Weapons possession

Violent Crimes

Driving under the influence (DUI) Drunk and disorderly conduct Drug abuse Liquor law violations Drug Possession Intent to Sell Drugs

Drug and alcohol violations

Prostitution/Commercialized vice Rape  Prostitution

Sexual offenses

Curfew violations Incorrigibility (refusal to obey parents) Running away Truancy Underage alcohol consumption

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Famous Juvenile Delinquent cases

Michael Gerard Tyson, better known as Mike Tyson, who was the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and holds the record of being the youngest boxer to win all the world boxing heavyweight titles at the age of 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old. He had been arrested 38 times by the age of 13 years. His boxing potential was explored by a detention center counselor named Bobby Stewart.

One of his delinquent acts was that he was the first man to ever be disqualified from the boxing ring for biting the opponent....or you could just look at him as another suarez

Mike Tyson

Jasmine Richardson was a 12 year old Juvenile delinquent who planned and committed the cold-blooded murder of both her parents and her younger brother on April 23 2006 with the help of her boyfriend and accomplice, 23 year old Jeremy Steinke.

Jasmine Richardson

Curtis James Jackson, III, better known by his stage name 50Cents, was born in South Jamaica, Queens, New York City, U.S. on July 6, 1975. He started dealing in drugs at the age of 12 while his grandparents were under the impression that he was taking extra classes at school. He was caught by a metal detector while carrying a gun in his school. He was then sent to a correctional school where he was transformed and ultimately emerged by 2007 as the second wealthiest American rapper next only to Jay-Z.

Curtis James Jackson, III

This case is unique case where 2 ten year old boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, had "abucted" 2 year old James Bulger from a shopping mall and after much torturing of him, for example throwing bricks at him, eventually killed him by throwing him on the railway tracks. Jon Venables was actually charged with life sentence, however, was secretly released a few years ago. This shows how some believe that juvenile offenders should be given a second chance as they can be rehabilitated, but there were certain conditions to this release. 

James Bulger Murder

Should the police have done this?

Food for Thought:

Background: Three boys, believed to be between nine and 12

years old, were arrested for theft at a building along East Coast Road on Saturday morning (Dec 27). The boys had allegedly stolen some shoes. They were then driven to the police station in a police car. The photograph has gone viral online, with many expressing shock and asking if the boys needed to be handcuffed. In response to media queries, police said: “The subjects were handcuffed for the safety of them and others as they had attempted to escape before police’s arrival.”

Food for Thought