Today's Date:
January 05, 2025
Implications for the Sentencing Phase of Juveniles Tried as Adults
In terms of sentencing, despite the articulated preference for rehabilitation-oriented alternatives, the revisions to the Children’s Code that occurred in 1996 set clear guidelines for sentencing adolescents who were convicted as adults for their crimes (Jarrett & Peters 1). In →
Transforming the Law: Radical Reforms in Juvenile Justice Processes
The bill H.R. 96 1005 summarized the reforms supported by the Legislative Oversight Committee; when it was passed into law, it contained additional elements, including “ a 1-year mandatory parole period, remov[al] [of] the cap on restitution for parents of →
Trying Juveniles as Adults : Case Study of Colorado’s Stance on Juvenile Offenders: The Changes Made in the Children’s Code and Their Impact on Criminal Justice
In 1993, at the height of national concern over the perceived epidemic of violent and criminal behavior among juveniles, Colorado’s Governor Roy Romer called upon state officials and juvenile and criminal justice experts to study the various phenomena that were →
Trying Juveniles as Adults : A Case Study of Colorado Juvenile Justice
The argument about whether or not we should have a system where our juveniles are tried as adults creates a great deal of uproar across political and social lines. The United States is considered to have one of the most →
Case Studies in Social Deviance : Deviant Behavior in Societal Context
Unfortunately, there are no shortages of examples in our social environment for studying the phenomenon of deviant behavior. Examples from the several years alone include acts of violence with minimal and great consequences; 9/11, the shooting at Virginia Tech University →
Ferguson vs. Georgia Supreme Court Case By Sasha Safonova
1960 – Ferguson, convicted of murder and sentenced to death, appealed to the Supreme Court of the State Georgia on the premise of challenging the validity of the section §38-415 under the Constitution of the Unites States of America. In →
