Scenario you are interviewing for a position as a law enforcement

1. Scenario
: You are interviewing for a position as a law enforcement
officer who is expected to interact regularly with juveniles and
adults. The hiring committee wants to choose a candidate who
can write clearly and who demonstrates a solid understanding of
standard procedures in the juvenile versus criminal justice
systems.
Write
a 700- to 1,050-word paper comparing the procedures that law
enforcement officers and courts should follow when interacting
with juveniles versus adults during the stages of intake,
prosecution, adjudication, and disposition.
Choose
1 of the following videos from the
University Library
of a court session to use as an example scenario for this
assignment:
Rodrick: Juvenile Court in Session
Morris: Juvenile Court in Session
Kenneth: Juvenile Court in Session
Kymyada: Juvenile Court in Session
Complete
the following in your paper:
Summarize the case you chose and the legal issues facing

2. the juvenile and the court.
Define the role and key parameters of the juvenile justice
system.
Explain the function of juvenile vs. adult courts.
Summarize the court’s philosophy of juvenile justice used in
this case.
Explain how law enforcement and the
courts might have interacted differently with this person as a
juvenile than if he or she had been an adult.
Summarize the rights and confidentiality protections that exist
for this juvenile that are not the same for adults. Use the
State Profiles
from the National Juvenile Defender Center and include at
least 1 policy specific to your state that would be relevant in
this case.
Which community-based program do you think will be best
suited to assist the troubled youth in your chosen scenario to
help prevent further crimes? Justify your suggestions based on
history, trends, causation theories, and the potential for reform.
Use current statistics and data to support your claims.
Use language and terms appropriate for each justice
system when comparing juveniles versus adults.