Criminal Justice

The imprisonment of children treated as an adult in adult jails is inhumane. Children are receiving the same length of sentence and the same prison placement as an adult. Kids aren't adults and should…

Rehabilitation was introduced in the year 1951 by a man that goes by Dr. Rusk. Dr. Rusk created the first rehabilitation center by New York University and is now known as Howard A. Rusk institute of r…

Should juveniles be charged as adults? Should juveniles be able to receive life sentences? That is the age-old question that has yet to be answered. In cases of juvenile murders such as Columbine and …

Vigilante justice is the biggest flaw in the US justice system. Vigilante justice (Vigilantism) is implementing the law and investigating and punishing offenses and crimes without legal authority, fee…

After all that has happened in noughts and crosses, could fighting from the inside really be the correct or be the most effective way to fight for justice, or is physically doing something going to ma…

That's the controversial question of the decade. Personally, I believe that juveniles should not be prosecuted as adults while under the legal age to do so. A juvenile is a person who is under the leg…

Imagine this, you get a knock on your door and you open it, and it is the police, now you have a someone who is bomber in the house so at this point your panicking. The police say that they have a sea…

Do you want 12 strangers that have no experience deciding your freedom? That doesn't sound right to me. First, the British settlers brought the jury system with them from England, more than 400 years …

A teen court is a problem-solving court where teens charged with certain types of offences can be sentenced by a jury of same-aged peers. This kind of court was first suggested in Odessa (Texas) in th…

Teenagers accused of violent crimes should be charged as adults, however, there are exceptions to this. The subject of Juvenile justice is a difficult and complex one with many conflicting scenarios m…