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In the year 2100, there was a young man named Jim who could travel through time. This young man has had serious infractions with the juvenile justice system. He has decided to travel back through time to start his life over.

He has a choice of two time periods. One is during the colonial period of America, and the other is during the early 21st century. Knowing Jim’s propensity for finding trouble, what would happen to him if he committed the crime of breaking and entering with the aggravating circumstances of assault during the colonial period? What would happen to him if he committed the same crime in the 21st century? This assignment will cover the history of the juvenile justice system, juvenile courts, and corrections, as well as theories that would be related to Jim and treatment options during both periods of time.

Assignment Guidelines

  • Address the following in 900–1,200 words:
    • What would happen to him if he committed the crime of breaking and entering with the aggravating circumstances of assault during the colonial period? Explain in detail.
      • List the punishments and the reasons for why they are given.
      • List any theories that may be relevant to the topic.
    • What would happen to him if he committed the same crime in the 21st century? Explain in detail.
      • List the punishments and the reasons for why they are given.
      • List any theories that may be relevant to the topic.
    • Explain the procedure of the criminal justice system during both periods of time.
    • Will diversion be relevant during both periods of time? Will there be preventive options during both periods of time?
  • Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

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ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS
What would happen to him if he committed the crime of breaking and entering with the
aggravating circumstances of assault during the colonial period? Explain in detail.
Jeffery (1990) refers to criminal justice as a system used by government to maintain social
control, prevent crime, enforce laws, and administer justice. The Law Enforcement Agencies
such as the police, courts, and correction or prisons, are primarily charged with these
responsibilities. It is noted that when processing the accused, through the criminal justice
system, governments must operate within the framework of laws that protect individual
rights. The pursuit of criminal justice is, like all forms of “justice,” predicated on “fairness”
or due “process “which is essentially the pursuit of an ideal.
The juvenile justice system was introduced separate the youthful offenders and to focus on
the child or adolescent as a person in need of assistance, not on the act that brought him or
her before the court.
If Jim committed the crime of breaking and entering with the aggravating circumstances of
assault during the colonial period, he would have to be sent to jail, with very harsh conditions
as compared to the present day’s jails, awaiting to be taken to trial which would be held in a
court before a group of strangers and eventually, he would be punished for the crime that he
committed.
The punishments in the colonial times were harsher than today, where an offender just sits in
a criminal jail or detention centre. Wooden structures called the stocks (to hold the criminal’s
feet) and the pillory (to hold the criminal’s hand and head) would be placed on criminals for
display for everyone to see. A criminal would also be beaten and whipped severely and also
water ducking. These were the common punishments that the criminal offenders were
normally subjected to.
Most punishments in ancient times were corporal, financial, or capital. Corporal punishment
involved inflicting physical pain on the offender. Fines and other economic penalties were
sometimes used as a means of financial punishment; and capital punishment refers to use of
the death penalty.
There was no separation of crimes between the juveniles and the adults and so, the children
were treated the same way as the adults. If the crime ...


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