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CJA 374Week 1 Discussion Question 1
CJA 374Entire Course (UOP)
CJA 374 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 (UOP
Course) CJA 374 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 (UOP
Course) CJA 374 Week 1 Individual Assignment
Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper (UOP Course) CJA
374 Week 1 Team Assignment Electronic Reading
Summary (Blended Sentencing and the Sixth
Amendment Summary) (UOP Course) CJA 374 Week 2
Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course) CJA 374 Week 2
Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course) CJA 374 Week 2
Individual Assignment Crime Causation and
Diversion Paper (UOP Course)
At what age do you believe individuals are truly
capable of understanding the seriousness and
consequences of their actions? Explain. At what
age should juveniles be tried as adults?
Explain.  
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CJA 374 Week 1 Individual Assignment Juvenile
Crime Statistics Paper
CJA 374Week 1 Discussion Question 2
Resources Juvenile Arrests 2001 report Write a
700- to 1,000-word paper summarizing the key
points of the Juvenile Arrests 2001 bulletin.
Address the following in your paper   The
overall decrease in juvenile arrests The increase
in drug offenses and simple assaults Implications
for juvenile females and minorities
How are different theories of delinquent conduct
evaluated?  Which type of evaluation seem most
useful?  Note  You'll have to have read the
materials thoroughly to get this question
answered correctly.
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CJA 374Week 2 Discussion Question 1
CJA 374 Week 1 Team Assignment Electronic Reading
Summary (Blended Sentencing and the Sixth
Amendment Summary)
Do you believe that police have too little or too
much discretion in their decisions on how to
handle specific situations involving juveniles?
Use examples and explain.
SelectedLearning Team members will work together
throughout the course. Summarize in 200-500 words
your teams assigned electronic reading and post
the summary in the Main Forum. Review the Week
One objectives and discuss additional insights
and questions that may have arisen.  
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CJA 374 Week 2 Individual Assignment Crime
Causation and Diversion Paper
CJA 374 Week 2 Discussion Question 2
Amongst the principle players, church, schools,
police, and youth organizations which has the
most important role in the prevention of
delinquency? Please note that it has been
conceded that family/parents have the most
important role in preventing delinquency, so
please do not include this as a part of your
discussion.  Discuss each.
Write a 1,000- to 1,500-word paper describing two
diversion, intervention, or prevention programs
operating in your city or state.   Address why
the programs should work to reduce juvenile
crime, based on an analysis of the relationship
between program premise and goals and one or more
major causes of juvenile delinquent behavior.
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CJA 374 Week 3 Discussion Question 1
CJA 374 Week 2 Team Outline Juvenile and Adult
Courts A Comparative Analysis
Briefly describe the juvenile court process in
the handling of juvenile offenders. How do you
think existing agencies and community resources
might reform to create an effective system for
dealing with a wide variety of delinquent and
pre-delinquent behaviors?
Deliverable Submit outline for Week 3 Team
paper and include references with proper
citation. Post in Team Forum.   Continue working
on the team paper and presentation due Week Three
and Five.
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CJA 374 Week 3 Team Assignment Juvenile and Adult
Courts A Comparative Analysis
CJA 374 Week 3 Discussion Question 2
Deliverable Write a 1,000- to 1,500-word paper
comparing and contrasting Juvenile Court with
Adult Court. Include the following in your
paper   An overview of the juvenile justice
system   A point by point comparison between
juvenile and adult courts   The implications for
the youthful offender of the trend toward
increasing the use of waivers or remanding
juveniles to adult court for processing  
Describe the various models of risk-needs
assessment tools in assessment and the
classification of juvenile offenders.
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CJA 374 Week 4 Discussion Question 2
CJA 374 Week 4 Discussion Question 1
Discuss and identify the major participants in
the juvenile adjudication process. What are each
persons role and responsibilities in the course
of a juveniles trial and subsequent adjudication?
To what do you attribute the disproportional
number of minority youths, as compared to white
youths, in juvenile corrections facilities?
Explain your answer. Please note, this question
is not addressing arrests or any other phases of
the juvenile process.
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CJA 374 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk
Assessment Paper
CJA 374 Week 4 Paper outline for week 5
Deliverables Submit outline for Week 5 paper
PowerPoint Presentation to Team Forum. Include
references along with citations.   Summarize in
200-500 words the teams assigned electronic
reading in the Main Forum.  
Compute the risk score for each of these
individuals using both the Missouri and
Washington Risk Assessment models.   Write a
1,000- to 1,500-word paper summarizing your risk
assessment, comparisons, additional information
desired, and recommendations.
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CJA 374 Week 5 Team Assignment Future of Juvenile
Justice System Paper and Presentation
Write a 1,750- to 2,250-word paper addressing the
following scenario You are a team of juvenile
justice consultants making a presentation to the
state legislature concerning the future of the
juvenile justice system. Address the following
in your paper Recommendations for all aspects of
the system including the following   Community La
w enforcement Courts Corrections Private sector
or privatization involvement
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