CJA 374 Week 1 DQ 1

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 2

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?

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CJA 374 Week 1 DQ 3

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?

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CJA 374 Week 1 DQ 4

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?

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CJA 374 Week 1 Individual Assignment Juvenile

Crime Statistics Paper

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
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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CJA 374 Week 2 DQ 1

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?

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CJA 374 Week 2 DQ 2

In the saying it takes a community to raise a child, who are the key players involved in
a juveniles life? Who has the most responsibility for preventing juvenile delinquency?
Explain your rationale.

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CJA 374 Week 2 DQ 3

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?

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CJA 374 Week 2 DQ 4

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?

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CJA 374 Week 2 Individual Assignment Crime

Causation and Diversion Paper

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.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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CJA 374 Week 3 DQ 1

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?

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CJA 374 Week 3 DQ 2

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?

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CJA 374 Week 3 DQ 3

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?

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CJA 374 Week 3 DQ 4

How might parents with good intentions have a negative affect on the juvenile court
process and the dispositional outcome for the juvenile?

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CJA 374 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment

Juvenile and Adult Courts
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

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CJA 374 Week 4 DQ 1

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 4 DQ 3

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?

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CJA 374 Week 4 DQ 4

What is the major issue determining the effectiveness of a juvenile parole program?

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CJA 374 Week 4 Individual Assignment Juv Jus

Process and Corrections

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.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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CJA 374 Week 5 DQ 1

Which two federal cases do you think have had the largest impact on the juvenile justice
system? Explain your selections.

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CJA 374 Week 5 DQ 2

What would be the positive and negative effects of your states juvenile probation
department seeking accreditation through a national accrediting body, such as the
American Corrections Association?

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CJA 374 Week 5 DQ 3

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?

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CJA 374 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment JJS

Presentation

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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