.  The juvenile may be detained but the decision is reviewed by a judge or a court administrator at a juvenile court detention hearing (Ibid). Adjudication  The juvenile court judge must review all the evidence presented at a hearing and determine whether to sustain or reject the allegations made on the petition (Ibid). Disposition  At a hearing, the juvenile court judge reviews the recommendations of all concerned parties concerning what should happen to the child (Ibid, p.196) Aftercare  Whatever disposition is made of the case, the court may make the...

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Research has shown that in neighborhoods where there is high rate of divorce, residential turnover, temporary people with no roots in the community, single parent families and poverty, the incidence of juvenile violence and crimes is high. ... The parents have to worry about having a place to live, putting food on the table, clothing their children, and hearing their children complain about what they want, what they can't get, and how their friend's parents buy it for them, etc. ... Most of all the willingness of residents to intervene for the common good reduces violence in t...

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The public is interested in hearing all the details. ... When a community finds itself in the midst of a crime wave, the media reports the news. The public has a right to have the news of its community reported in a timely and accurate way. ...

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Are we trying to rehabilitate them to be released into the community as productive citizens of society? ... Balance attention to offenders, victims, and the community. ... Neely hopes to be released from probation at his next hearing, and enter a technical school program. ...

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However, his plans went awry when Waggoner witnessed the death of a baby, Keevens, while volunteering at the Haitian Community Hospital in February. ... After hearing the accusations, Waggoner fled from Haiti, only to return two weeks later (Troutman). ...

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The family will have to relive the pain all over again every time its time for a parole hearing. ... It has often been used unreasonably against the poor, against minorities, and against member of racial, ethnic and religious communities. ...

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in the community are killed, a professor in a law school, for example, as opposed to same homeless person the killer get the death penalty? ... We can probably expect to continue hearing many churchgoers of whatever denomination referring to the Old Testament phrase,An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. ...

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This type of crime prevention that is being displayed here is policing a community because the probation officers, universities, and the 4-h volunteers play an avid role in the program. ... Paul was improperly questioned by investigators on April 30, 2010, a rushed waiver hearing was held in Kosciusko County and the Judge Duane Huffer who presided over the case denied Paul's attorney any time to prepare the case. ...

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To discourage would-be criminals, society has always used punishment. Sometimes with jail time, community service or even the death penalty. The huge elephant in the room is whether or not the death penalty or capital punishment should still be in practice. In "On The Front Lines" Janet Reno says, "...

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The trial was held in Oklahoma even though the defense tried to have it move as far from Oklahoma as possible in order to limit the amount of influence the community would have on the jury (Clark, 1995). ...

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