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Juvenile Issues

The document discusses the complexities of police interactions with juveniles, highlighting the importance of understanding the social and psychological factors that lead to juvenile misconduct. It outlines the evolution of policing strategies from the Political Era to the Community Strategy Era, emphasizing the role of police discretion and the Juvenile Act in managing juvenile offenders. The conclusion calls for criminology organizations to explore ways to enhance policing practices related to juvenile issues.

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Juvenile Issues

The document discusses the complexities of police interactions with juveniles, highlighting the importance of understanding the social and psychological factors that lead to juvenile misconduct. It outlines the evolution of policing strategies from the Political Era to the Community Strategy Era, emphasizing the role of police discretion and the Juvenile Act in managing juvenile offenders. The conclusion calls for criminology organizations to explore ways to enhance policing practices related to juvenile issues.

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Police and Juvenile Issues

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Police and Juvenile Issues

Misconduct by the police forces and juveniles has been a complex topic for discussion in

most societies today. Pretrial detainees include juveniles, people under 18 years of age, who are

considered vulnerable in the society. Minority crime comprises theft crimes, destructive crimes,

drug abuses and violence. But it needs to be pointed out that not all the juveniles engaged in such

activities are dangerous criminals. It is important for many youngsters to commit crimes due to

the environment, social or psychological reasons. Therefore it is crucial to address the role of

police and history of policing agencies, police discretion and the juvenile Act.

Members of police force have primary responsibility for dealing with delinquency in a

reactive and proactive manner. The reactive one is concerned with the actions after the incident

has happened. On the other hand, the proactive position implies close working on the methods of

stopping juvenile crime before it occurs. These are among the control measures that will involve

public relations department, schools’ police officers, and other measures that will discourage the

youths from being involved in criminal activities. To solve the juvenile issues, resistance training

is integrated to prevent the issues and problematic situations (Shoemaker & Lab, 2009). In the

Political Era policing was more political, corrupt and were in close association with the political

powers. Many juveniles were managed the way politics wanted, instead of how law allowed. The

reform era which occurred early to mid-1900’s aimed at changing the trend of policing adding

vocation, neutrality and training to the police. Lastly, the community strategy era is that they

focus on the community policing.

Juveniles handling is also influenced by police discretion. There are some of the factors

that may influence an officer’s choice of reaction such as the profile of the juvenile, the officer’s

personality and prior beliefs about juvenile crime and the departmental policies. The nature of
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the incidents and the crime too has an impact on decisions as there is severe dangerous crime,

there are likely to be severe action taken. The juvenile Act set pace and polices on how juvenile

offenders are to be dealt on to avoid extra-conviction and recommending for rehabilitation rather

than punishment.

In conclusion, the task of law enforcement in relation to juvenile matters is

multidimensional and dependent on historical characteristics and tendencies, discretionary and

legal practices and foreign regulation, namely the JJDP Act. Therefore criminology

ogarnizations should identify the ways they can use to improve policing.
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Reference

Shoemaker, D. J., & Lab, S. (2009). Juvenile delinquency. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

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