Benefits Of The Juvenile Justice System

When a child unfortunately gets involved in the juvenile justice system for whatever reason, we need to make sure that rehabilitation is the main focus at getting that child back on track. We need to find out the root causes for the behaviors that brought him to this point and work diligently to try and change them. Incarceration with out treatment is merely storing bodies. If you don’t treat a problem it festers and becomes an even bigger problem. Delinquency must be handled so as to avoid the adult judicial system.

Juvenile Justice Centers do not help the children in the centers in any way, and they do not care about the children either. These centers do more harm than good. They do not support children with learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral problems, and health issues. Also, it is very hard to get a high school diploma, and even to finish high school while locked up.

The original purpose of the court was to separate juvenile offenders from adult offenders, to provide opportunities for rehabilitation and treatment, to create a more informal setting in which to resolve criminal behavior by children, and to limit the consequences of children’s criminal conduct

Early in U.S. history, children who broke the law were treated the same as adult criminals. If you are a young person under the age of 18 and you commit a crime, you will have your case heard in the juvenile justice system. The thing is that, it hasn’t always gone that way. The idea of a separate justice system for juveniles is just over one hundred years old (American Bar). Where did juvenile justice come from? The law was in the image of the common law of England. William Blackstone, Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, first published in the late 1760s, was admired by the United States founders.

When most people think about the American criminal justice system some of the first things that come to mind is corruption of officers and courts, or jails with prisoners. One of the last things that come to mind is the juvenile justice system. Nevertheless, nothing is more important than the juvenile justice system because the juveniles within the system are the future working class and citizens of America. Therefore, it is important that they receive the necessary punishment and rehabilitation to move past mistakes they previously made. However, there are aspects that push against the goal of rehabilitation in the juvenile justice system such as the misuse or lack of money, the harshness of the punishment, and the programs within the

It is often stated that the future lies in the hands of our offspring’s. Meaning, that the youth are our future adults. The world revolves on the status of the children and what they will do to contribute to life. Accordingly to The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquent Prevention 1.8 million juveniles were arrested in 2009 (OJJDP). The Juvenile Justice system holds the keys to unlock many doors of broken children that are on the wrong path in there adolescent life. The difference between children and adults is that children have a greater capacity for change when an adult can be more resistant to it (JLC.org). This is one reason why The Justice System should give additional help to the Juvenile Corrections System.

A juvenile in the adult court system has its benefits. The adult justice system allows a juvenile to have a jury, a proper judge, and the right representation. This is unlike the juvenile court system, which has no jury. Getting suspects in prison works better if they go through the adult criminal system. Donna M. Bishop proves this by saying the following statement, "Juveniles tried as adults were more likely to be incarcerated, and incarcerated for longer than those who remained in the juvenile system”. If a juvenile goes through the adult system, they will most likely get a longer sentence. The longer sentence will allow them to have a longer period for reformation. The couple of extra years or months for a dangerous juvenile being locked up is worth the protection. The adult system makes sure the juveniles pay for the crime that has been committed. If there is a crime, there should be a punishment, as seen in the Graham v. Florida Supreme Court case. A seventeen-year-old boy named Terrance Graham pled guilty to an armed burglary and then later violated his

To start off, kids and teens who are enrolled into juvenile justice systems are released in worst shape, just as this statement “Students come out of the juvenile justice system in worse shape than when they entered, struggling to return to school or get their lives back on track.” from the ‘Juvenile justice system schools “do more harm than good”’ report. These kids are not being helped to turn their lives in the direction that will help them succeed. Although, many court judges may approve of this, this has no benefit, and will only bring them right back to where they started.

Ethos is a rhetorical device authors use to establish their credibility to speak authoritatively on a topic. To strengthen their arguments, they also use logos, or logical arguments and scientific data, and pathos to create an emotional reaction in the audience. In the ERWC Juvenile Justice unit, four different authors, with four different levels of ethos, discuss whether or not juveniles who have been charged with murder should be tried as adults in the adult court system. Most argue that minors should be tried in the juvenile court system, while one demands that adolescents who massacre innocent victims spend the rest of their lives in prison. After closely reading each author’s opinion, it is clear that Paul Thompson has the most ethos in this unresolved debate while Jennifer Jenkins has the least. (132)

I have a son, who is defenseless to becoming part of the justice system because his disadvantage is his ethnic group. Our children fail in life because our United States representatives particularly in North Carolina have endorsed classification of our children established by those we as their parents believed protected them in the juvenile justice system. The North Carolina "control system" continues to use the classic conservative approach to juvenile justice rather than the traditional liberal approach. I am an anger parent with the juvenile justice balance. I petition juvenile justice to stay in its place, Juvenile Justice. I apologize in advance to any victim and his or her family before today and after today for any heinous offense any

Modification in the Juvenile Justice System and the Affect on the Future of our Youth

It may also reduce the probability of a high school completion and may mean that the juvenile may be going to incarceration in the future. They are most likely to commit more worst crimes their back ground may be more disadvantage and a big probability of the juvenile to drop out of high school. Some juveniles went to jail because of their race or their color skin even their own parents are the cause because they think putting their own child on juvenile prison is going to help but they never realize it affects them in their future. The juvenile starts to offend the other students at their school they start bullying they start to disrespect the instructors. As how some specialists said that all the problems come from home and that’s when the parents can’t handle their child’s attitude and they think that the great idea is to put the minor in prison when the minor needs counseling or maybe just a little bit of therapy to get well with the problems they have maybe talk to someone, a person who can hear them out but their parents never take the in consideration and they hurt their own child by putting them into prison.

The juvenile system in the United States has a long history but varies from state to state. “It started around 170 years ago, with the opening of Massachusetts’ Lyman School for Boys in 1846 (Miller, 1991), American reformers began experimenting with a “new” approach to troubled youth” according to Patrick McCarthy author of the article “The Future of Youth Justice: A Community-Based Alternative to the Youth Prison Model”. The juvenile justice system has changed dramatically over the years, it has come a long way but we are still improving on the issues we have had in the past, currently have, and the ones we need to fix for future generations. The goal of this paper is to focus on the juvenile justice system in the state of New Mexico, where it started, what it currently is, and what changes could be implemented for a better future.

"Amnesty International have raised its concerns with Queensland's Premier about the proposed changes to the Youth Justice Act in Queensland; which will punish already disadvantaged children. The proposals announced in January 2014, will supposedly remove the emphasis on detention as a last resort in sentencing protocols for juveniles and also remove the focus on diversionary measures that help children stay out of detention." (http://www.amnesty.org.au/news/comments/33823/) To understand this viewpoint an investigation of the history and purpose of the juvenile justice system must take place. Also an investigation of the strengths and weaknesses of the current system must take place; to then allow for clear recommendations and conclusions on

I agree with the article “Report: Juvenile justice system schools do more harm than good.” 70,000 juvenile are incarcerated at any time across the nation. This is considered “character-building”. Most of these juveniles leave the school feeling physically or sexually abused , feel unwanted because of special treatment, and should have a choose and should not have to be forced to go to juvenile especially if they didn’t even harm themselves or any one.