Juvenile Justice System

Syllabus Sections

 COURSE REQUIREMENTS
 READINGS
 COURSE SUBJECTS
 STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES/LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Publish Date

09/07/2018 11:00:36

Juvenile Justice System

CRIJ-1313

Credit Fall 2018

08/27/2018 - 12/16/2018

Course Information

Section 003
Distance Learning
ONL DIL
Julie Vieyra

Office Hours

 M
8:00a - 9:00a
Highland Campus
Highland Campus Adjunct office
 T Th
10:30a - 12:00p
Eastview Campus
Eastview Campus Office: 3222

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Course Description

This course gives students an overview of American juvenile justice in terms of both system and
practice. It examines the juvenile offender, causes of juvenile crime, the juvenile court system, and
juveniles in the adult court system. This course also looks at institutionalization, rehabilitation, the
treatment of juveniles, and the future of juvenile justice in America.
Course Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

· Define terms related to juvenile justice

· Analyze the impact history has had in juvenile justice

· Describe the various theories related to juvenile justice

· Examine the Juvenile Justice System

· Describe the measurement of juvenile crime

· Describe juvenile victims

· Analyze juveniles in the adult court system

· Analyze the effectiveness of juvenile probation and community based programs

· Appraise the treatment of juvenile offenders

· Analyze the juvenile offender

· Investigate international juvenile justice

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Students are expected to meet the following requirements:

a. Chapters: Each chapter is worth a certain amount of points. For example, chapter 1 is
worth a total of 170.

Chapter 2: 165

Chapter 3: 187

Chapter 4: 171

Chapter 5: 189

Chapter 6: 196

Chapter 7: 177

Chapter 8: 195

Chapter 9: 177
 Chapter 10: 172

Chapter 11: 172

Chapter 13: 184

Chapter 14: 183

Chapter 15: 188

Orientation: 100

b. The most you can earn in this course is 2626.

c. In each chapter, you are responsible for completing essays, chapter quizzes, shared writings
entries, and module quiz.

d. Course Participation: Unlike a traditional classroom-based course, you do not need to show
up to class at a specific time every day to earn your class participation grade in an
asynchronous online course. Instead, you need to complete the required assignments in each
of the chapters.

e. It is your responsibility to log on at least three different times on three different days to
check on announcements. Failure to do so is not a valid excuse for late assignments. Late
assignments will not be accepted under any circumstances. It is best to stay on track.

f. Online Etiquette: The objective in an online discussion is to be collaborative, not combative.

Please, proofread your responses carefully before you post them to make sure that they will
not be offensive to others. Use discussions to develop your skills in collaboration and
teamwork. Treat the discussion areas as a creative environment where you and your
classmates can ask questions, express opinions, revise opinions, and take positions just as
you would in a more traditional classroom setting.

READINGS
Title: Juvenile Justice in America
Edition: 8
Author: Clemens Bartollas and Stuart J. Miller
ISBN 10: ISBN-10: 0134163753

COURSE SUBJECTS

This course is a study of the juvenile justice process. Topics include specialized juvenile law, role of
the juvenile law, role of the juvenile courts, role of police agencies, role of correctional agencies, and
theories concerning delinquency. In addition, students will study the history, philosophy,
organization, processes and functions of the juvenile justice systems in the United States and
Texas. Emphasis is placed on jurisdiction, treatment and juvenile court proceedings in juvenile
justice decision-making. In addition, students will study child abuse and neglect and how the
system is designed to deal with these serious issues.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES/LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Define the functions and roles of all major components (police, courts and corrections) of U.S.
Criminal
Justice System.

 Differentiate the institutions, law and concepts that compose the Criminal Justice System
 Identify and apply ethical considerations that are intrinsic components of the criminal
Justice system
 Differentiate, analyze and apply the constitutional constraints under which police,
corrections and prosecutorsmust operate in a free society.
 Distinguish various career paths and positions available in the traditional criminal justice
workforce
 * Integrate academic theory with practical applications of law enforcement (passing
comprehensive examination for the Certificate program)
*Applies primarily in the Level I Certificate Program

THE FIVE PILLARS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SYSTEM
December 18, 2010 at 2:49 AM
THE FIVE PILLARS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

I – THE COMMUNITY; II – THE LAW ENFORCEMENT; III – THE PROSECUTION; IV – THE

COURTS; and V – CORRECTIONS.

As we shall see, OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF FIVE PILLARS THAT
FUNCTION LIKE A CHAIN OF LINKS. ANY WEAKNESS IN ANY OF THESE LINKS BREAKS THE
CHAIN, RESULTING TO A BREAKDOWN OF THE SYSTEM: INORDINATE DELAYS IN THE
PROCEEDINGS, ACQUITTAL OF THE GUILTY AND CONVICTION OF THE INNOCENT.

Such weakness can be caused by lack of concern on the part of people in the community, or inefficiency and
corruption on the part of the public officials composing the four (4) other pillars.

I – THE COMMUNITY:

The Filipino community produces our law enforcers (policemen, traffic enforcers, NBI agents, PDEA agents, COA
auditors, Ombudsman fact-finding investigators, etc.); prosecutors (DOJ and Ombudsman prosecutors/investigators);
judges (Municipal Trial Courts, Regional Trial Courts and Sharia Courts); justices (Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax
Appeals and the Supreme Court); and correction officials and personnel (municipal jails, provincial jails, city jails,
the Bureau of Corrections [Muntinlupa] and other correctional facilities).

A rotten community will always produce rotten law enforcers, prosecutors, judges, justices and correction officials.
The spring cannot rise above its source.

Members of the community are also the victims of crimes, direct or indirect. They are also the beneficiaries of an
efficient and effective criminal justice system in the form of a peaceful and fear-free environment.
The community is also the greatest source of information about the commission of a crime. It is from the community
that most witnesses come, including victims and whistleblowers.
Most crimes against property (theft, robbery, etc.) are dismissed because the victim does not testify in court,
especially when the stolen property is recovered. Hence, thieves and robbers are set free, free again to steal and rob!

II – THE LAW ENFORCEMENT:

To this group belong policemen, National Bureau of Investigation agents, Philippine Drugs Enforcement Agency
agents, the Military, Bureau of Customs police, Bureau of Immigration officers, Bureau of Internal Revenue
examiners, Commission on Audit auditors, Ombudsman fact-finding investigators, Commission on Human Rights
investigators, Land Transportation Office and Traffic enforcers, etc.

They enforce the law by ensuring compliance therewith, conduct investigations to uncover commissions of crimes
and violations of laws, file criminal cases before the prosecutor’s (fiscal’s) office (if the offender is not a government
employee/official) or the Office of the Ombudsman (if the offender is a government employee/official), and testify in
court if a criminal charge is lodged in Court by the prosecutor’s office or the Office of the Ombudsman.

III – THE PROSECUTION:

To this group belong the City, Provincial and Regional State Prosecutors of the Department of Justice, and the
investigators and prosecutors of the Office of the Ombudsman.

They conduct preliminary investigations (if the respondent was not caught in the act of committing the crime) or
inquest proceedings (if the respondent was caught in the act of committing the crime) to determine whether or not
there is probable cause (reasonable ground) to prosecute the respondent in court. If they found probable cause, they
lodge a criminal charge against the respondent before the court. Otherwise, they dismiss the case.

Once the criminal case is filed in court, the court issues a warrant of arrest against the accused (if he was not caught
in the act of committing the crime) or commitment order (if the accused was caught in the act of committing the
crime and he has not yet posted bail or the offense is non-bailable because the crime is punishable by life
imprisonment, reclusion perpetua or death).

The prosecutor ([fiscal] from the DOJ for crimes committed by non-government people, or from the Ombudsman for
crimes committed by government people, although the fiscals can prosecute criminal cases against government
people under the continuing authority of the Office of the Ombudsman) now stands as the lawyer for the State
(People of the Philippines) and prosecute the case. The victim, the law enforcer (who investigated the crime) and
other witnesses will now testify in court. The defense counsel will defend the accused. After the trial, the court will
now decide whether or not the accused is guilty. If he is, then he shall be penalized (fine, or imprisonment, or both).
If he is not, he shall be acquitted (set free).

IV – THE COURTS:
To this group belongs the Municipal Trial Courts (for crimes punishable by imprisonment not exceeding six (6)
years), the Shari’a Circuit Courts in the ARMM (for criminal violations of the Muslim Code), the Regional Trial
Courts (for crimes punishable by imprisonment of more than six years, and appeals from the decisions of the
Municipal Trial Courts), the Sandiganbayan (for crimes committed by government officials with salary grade 27 and
above regardless of the penalty prescribed for the offense charged, and appeals from the decisions of the Regional
Trial Court in criminal cases against government employees below salary grade 27), the Court of Appeals (for
appeals from the decisions of the Regional Trial Courts in criminal cases against non-government people), and the
Supreme Court (for appeals from the decisions of the Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan and automatic review of
decisions of the Regional Trial Courts and the Sandiganbayan where the penalty imposed is reclusion perpetua or
death).

V – CORRECTIONS:

To this group belong the various Jails (Municipal, City and Provincial Jails), the Bureau of Corrections (in
Muntinlupa) and other correctional facilities. While the criminal case is pending in court, the accused shall be
detained at the Municipal, City or Provincial Jail unless he posts a bail bond for his provisional liberty and if the
offense is bailable. After conviction, the convict will be sent to the Bureau of Corrections to serve his sentence.

Our criminal justice being also a corrective one, the correction officials are mandated to see to it that the convict is
reformed and is able to re-integrate himself into the community after serving his sentence.

Reference:https://www.facebook.com/notes/qui-tam-laws-vs-corruption/the-five-pillars-of-the-criminal-justice-
system/10150105530661514/