Extra Credit Week 7 - Felicia McCaw

Felicia McCaw
Extra Credit Week 7

Answer the two following questions and submit your answers by midnight, Sunday, August 19.

1. When it comes to the exercise of power for punishment, what is the standard established by the Supreme Court of the United States? What is the "test" the court established that is still true today?
One factor that would affect the Supreme Court to issue or punish for obstructing justice is contempt of court. This is explained as the power to punish summarily for contempt and is still in effect anything that has been established to continue the process of justice is still utilized today.

http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1622&context=dlj

The Supreme Court by usage of and with power assigned by the United States Constitution has power vested to utilize legislative power through the judicial system to punish for acts of criminality. The “test” as established by law is the processing of entry into the legal system and the continual process and establishing of guilt and fact to conclude and render judgment for punishment.

http://law.onecle.com/constitution/article-1/03-delegation-of-legislative-power.html

2. If the philosophy regarding delinquency prevention, outlined in Chapter 6, is to prevent crime from happening, what are the three preventative measures identified?

One of the three preventative measures amongst others that would help assist in preventing delinquency and prevent crime from happening that I feel are very effective are: The Shield Program, Children At Risk (CAR) and the Families and Schools Together (FAST).

The Shield Program – uses contacts with the police officers to identify their duties with youth who are at risk of becoming involved in violent behavior or any criminal activity. This program provides the youth with services that are individually tailored to meet individual needs. By directly approaching they are able to interact with representatives from the community, schools and other social agencies to help them.

Reference: Juvenile Justice, Taylor/Fritsch, Third Edition, Page 155

Children At Risk (CAR) program – This drug and delinquency prevention program is for high-risk adolescents limited to the age of 13 years old. This program is able to alter behavior problems based on research and participate significantly in more social and educational activities and exhibited less anti-social behavior and committed fewer violent crimes, used and sold fewer drugs in the year.

Reference: Juvenile Justice, Taylor/Fritsch, Third Edition, Page 155

The Families and Schools Together (FAST) program - is a holistic approach with emphasis on building and enhancing juvenile’s interactions with their families, etc. to fulfill the goal of preventing spurts of delinquency and criminality by emphasizing strengthening the family structure and improving and modifying a child’s behavior during school and after. This program provides a therapeutic approach by emphasizing concern and attention to youth to prevent temptation to become a delinquent.

Reference: Juvenile Justice, Taylor/Fritsch, Third Edition, Page 155