Assignments : Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections

Read the instructions in the University of Phoenix Material: Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections on the student website and select one option to complete for your assignment.

Option 1: Flow Chart

Option 2: Offender Journal Entry

Option 3: Paper

Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections

Read the University of Phoenix Material: Risk Assessment Case Studies document located on the student website. Select one of the case studies as the foundation for this assignment. Once you have selected the case study, select and complete one of the following assignments:

Option 1: Flow Chart

Create a flow chart for your selected juvenile offender.

Address the following in your assignment:

• Describe the process the juvenile will follow after arrest, from intake, through court, sentencing, and punishment or rehabilitation. The process should be based on actual state laws and the practices of your state or a state with which you are familiar.

• Include a brief corrections plan created in the mode most appropriate for the level of offense, such as a recommendation memo to Child Protective Services or the school principal for a status offense, a letter to judge regarding sentencing for a nonviolent offense, or a report to corrections for a violent offender.

Option 2: Offender Journal Entry

Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry from the perspective of your selected juvenile offender.
Address the following in your assignments:

• Describe the process the juvenile will follow after arrest, from intake, through court, sentencing, and punishment or rehabilitation from the perspective of the offender. The process should be based on actual state laws and practices of your state or a state in which you are familiar.

• Include a brief corrections plan created in the mode most appropriate for the level of offense, such as a recommendation memo to Child Protective Services or the school principal for a status offense, a letter to judge regarding sentencing for a non-violent offense, or a report to corrections for a violent offender.
Option 3: Paper

Develop a 700- to 1,050-word paper based on your selected juvenile offender.

Address the following in your assignment:

• Describe the process the juvenile will follow after arrest, from intake, through court, sentencing, and punishment or rehabilitation. The process should be based on actual state laws and practices of your state or a state in which you are familiar.

• Include a brief corrections plan created in the mode most appropriate for the level of offense, such as a recommendation memo to Child Protective Services or the school principal for a status offense, a letter to judge regarding sentencing for a non-violent offense, or a report to corrections for a violent offender.

Risk Assessment Case Studies

CASE STUDY ONE: COLLEEN M.

Colleen M. is a 15-year-old Caucasian girl. She has lived in the state for her entire life. Her father abandoned the family when she was an infant and her mother is currently in a drug rehabilitation facility. Colleen has been living on a farm with her aunt. Although she has no prior contact with the law, she admits to having run away from her aunt in the past, though she always returned on her own.

Colleen's current trouble is centered on a neighbor's dispute about her dog. After the dog bit the neighbor, the neighbor threatened and attempted to take the dog to animal control. When the neighbor later found Colleen and the dog trespassing on her property, the neighbor verbally threatened to "get" them both. Apparently, the neighbor set fire to a scarecrow on her property to emphasize her point.

At this point, Colleen threw a nearby bucket of liquid on the neighbor. The liquid was later determined to be a pesticide. The pesticide burned the skin on contact and triggered an extreme allergic reaction in the neighbor, resulting in her death. Colleen was charged with involuntary manslaughter and was determined delinquent by the court. Colleen claims that she was simply attempting to douse the fire.

Coincidentally, a few weeks prior, Colleen had been a passenger of a motor home that had collided with a vehicle driven by the neighbor's sister. This accident resulted in the neighbor's sister's death, though it was ruled an accidental homicide. Witnesses report that Colleen took a pair of fancy shoes off the feet of the corpse and immediately put them on her own feet. Colleen defends her actions by claiming that an observer told her to do this.

At the time of her arrest, Colleen's blood tested positive for opiates. Colleen claims that while traveling with three homeless men, they unknowingly stumbled upon a field of poppies and that before they knew it; the intoxicating aroma caused her to pass out. Colleen claims not to have a drug problem. Colleen states that all she wants to do now is go home and that she misses her Aunt Emily.

CASE STUDY TWO: XANDER L.

Xander L. is a 17-year-old African American male and documented gang member. His prior juvenile adjudications include purse snatching, breaking and entering, and drug possession. His first juvenile adjudication occurred when he was 13 years old. He has served a year of custody in the juvenile correctional facility and has been placed on probation twice previously. His instant arrest is for possession of a concealed weapon, to which he has pled guilty.

Xander lives with his mother in the housing projects. He reports no contact with his father. His mother presently works two jobs. Although she is supportive of him, and Xander reports a close relationship with his mother, she does not approve of his conduct. In the past, she has reported him to the police. Xander indicates that he has dropped out of high school, but would like to get his general equivalency diploma to make his mother proud.