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CJSA 1317 Central Texas College Juvenile Justice System Q&As

 

  1. Find out if your “home” state (where you are from) uses blended sentencing or if juveniles in your state are always released upon turning a certain age. Use the Internet to search a news source in your home state and locate an article dealing with your state’s sentencing guidelines for juveniles. Briefly summarize the article and then answer the following questions: Is it too harsh? Too lenient? What do you feel is best for your state and if that method is not used now, how could it be realistically changed?
  2. Give the URL of your article when you post your response
  3. Read the critical thinking exercise (1) on page 19 and answer the question a,b,and c.: a. What would you recommend to the states Legislature as the new Minimum & Maximum ages of Juvenile court Jurisdiction? b. What factors led you to raise or lower the current maximum/ minimum age of juvenile court Jurisdiction?