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Exploring Facts and Myths of the Juvenile Justice System1.) The term juvenile is defined the same way in each state.Answer: Myth2.) How the term juvenile is defined varies from state to state.Answer: Fact3.) The juvenile and criminal justice systems are the same, only the ages of the offenders differ.Answer: Myth4.) There are numerous differences between the juvenile and criminal justice system.Answer: Fact5.) Juveniles are responsible for most crimes in the United States.Answer: Myth6.) According to arrest data, juveniles are only involved in 18 percent of all crimes in the United States. Juveniles were involved in 17percent of all violent crime arrests and 33 percent of all property crime arrests in 1998.Answer: Fact7.) Most crimes committed against juveniles are reported to police.Answer: Myth8.) Only a small percentage of crimes against juveniles are ever reported.Answer: Fact9.) Juveniles have always had the same rights in delinquency proceedings as adults have had in criminal proceedings.Answer: Myth10.) Several U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the 1960s and 1970s granted juveniles fundamental due process rights. Prior to these, juveniles could be incarcerated for long periods of time without basic rights, such as the right to an attorney, notice of the charges, and full and fair hearing. Today still, juveniles are not granted the right to a jury trial in many delinquency proceedings.Answer: Fact11.) Offenders cannot be rehabilitated; instead they commit more and more crimes. No program can change them.Answer: Myth12.) Research indicates that intervention programs not only reduce overall recidivism among juvenile offenders, but also among serious offenders. A recent study of 200 programs showed an overall 12 percent decrease for these juvenile offenders.Answer: Fact13.) Conduct disorder is a term made up by lawyers.Answer: Myth14.) The American Psychiatric Association estimates rates for conduct disorder range from 6 percent to 16 percent for males and 2 percent to 9 percent for females.Answer: Fact15.) Policy and programs are not influenced by theory.Answer: Myth16.) On many occasions, policies and programs are influenced by theories. For example, the Chicago Area Project was developed based on Shaw and McKay's social disorganization theory. Cloward and Ohlin's differential opportunity theory became the basis for Lyndon Johnsons War on Poverty.Answer: Fact17.) Juveniles are committing more and more violent crimes in American society.Answer: Myth18.) The rate of violent crime committed by juveniles has been steadily decreasing since 1994.Answer: Fact19.) The police are required to make an arrest when a juvenile commits a crime r other delinquency act.Answer: Myth20.) Many times, juveniles are not referred to juvenile court. Police officers typically do a station adjustment which involves lecturing the juvenile at the station. Records are not kept in station adjustments, so it is difficult to measure their exact frequency.Answer: Fact21.) When police interrogate juveniles, their parents and / or a lawyer must be present.Answer: Myth22.) States vary with respect to the conditions under which a juvenile can be interrogated by police. Juveniles in some states can waive their rights without a parent, lawyer, or anyone else being present. In fact, some states do not set an age limit on who can and cannot waive their rights.Answer: Fact ................
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