The Legal System Of School

Whether or not we should try juveniles as adults has always been a controversial issue. First of all, “juveniles” are children who fall under the age of 18. However, the legal age varies within certain states across the USA. Despite the age difference, some juveniles are still tried as adults. Does convicting a juvenile as an adult, turn out to be a better problem-solver, and how is this affecting the deterrence of crime?

The relationship between age and delinquency is evidence by an agreement between all three data sources, which show that crimes peak during mid to late adolescence. Rates for property crime peak in mid to

There are times juveniles should not be convicted as adults because sometimes the “crimes” may not harsh enough to be charged as an adult. For example, if a 8 year old saw a gun in their mother's purse and thought it was a toy and grabbed it and began to shoot who would be at fault ? Plus children in adult prisons are 10 times more likely to be taken advantage of in their time. Research shows that children prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system are more likely to reoffend than those held in the juvenile justice

The Juvenile Justice System was established in 1899 when the first documented court hearing took place in Cook County, Illinois. This type of court system was designed to discipline, treat, and rehabilitate children under the legal age of eighteen, who are caught and/or convicted of committing crimes against society. Since its creation, many have argued for and against having two separate but parallel court systems. This essay will discuss the basic arguments in favor of and in opposition to the retention of the juvenile justice system.

It has been one hundred years since the creation of the juvenile court in the United States. The court and the juvenile justice system has made some positive changes in the lives of millions of young people lives over the course or those years, within the last thirteen years there has been some daunting challenges in the system.

I’m going to speak on the introduction and also some of the procedures to the juvenile system in America in the early 1900’s, and also in today’s generation . When people think of the juvenile justice the first thing that comes to mind is probably all of the bad children that end up in jail or prison. When we forget that these are just children that can be helped in other ways: such as reformed schools, Big Brother programs, Boot camp, etc. In the early 19th century courts would punish and confine juveniles in large penitentiaries, not taking in consideration the psychological affect it would have on the juvenile: sleeping, having conversations, showering, fighting, eating amongst grown adult whom can easily manipulate these children

One hundred years ago, the Illinois legislature enacted the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (1899 Ill. Laws 132 et seq.), creating the first separate juvenile court. The policy debates raging around the country in this centennial year(1899), however, make it uncertain whether the traditional juvenile court will prevail. Early in the 19th century, juveniles were tried along with adults in criminal courts. In common law, children under

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A thorough understanding of England's judicial system during the 1800's requires one to thirdly analyze bias of the justice system to certain ages, races, religions, and ethnicities. Until the late 1820's, juveniles above the age of 7 years old could be convicted in the court of criminal law, in England. This means that children above 7 years of age could be sentenced to punishments such as hard manual labor, or even death. The first Juvenile Court was not created until 1899, which meant children we treated as adults throughout the 1800's and faced unfair and bias court decisions. However, in the 1820's there were some reformations created to work on the juveniles charged with crimes, instead of punishing them, but for the most part they faced

It is true that Lucy Flower didn’t act alone in working to bring about a court for children. Nor was she the only woman who was concerned about poor and delinquent children. But teaming up with Julia Lathrop, a social worker in Chicago, the two women were a formidable team, together developing a vision of a court for children and then attaining the necessary political clout to ensure that a bill was passed by the Illinois legislature to create a juvenile court.

In the 19th Century "children began to emerge as a readily distinguishable group with independent needs and interests." Poor Laws and Chancery Courts were used to care for children in need. Poor laws gave the court power to appoint overseers to place destitute and neglected children as servants in the homes of the affluent. Chancery Courts were established to appoint guardians of orphaned children and protect their property and inheritance rights until they became of age. Under the

Most reform schools failed to changed problematic behaviors of youths. But the more wealthy and influential families in Chicago sought to do something about this problem to gain the loyalty of the poor families. These families feared doing nothing will only bring social unrest which will ultimately undermine their authority. From this, reformers such as Julia Lathrop, Jane Adams, and Lucy Flower emerged to push a juvenile justice system. The injustice of the current court system was that children charged with a crime during this period were put on trial on the same platform as adults. Through the efforts by these reformers, the first juvenile court law in the US separating youths and adults was established. The Illinois law, passed in 1899 established a juvenile court that would hear cases of delinquency, dependency, and neglect of youths. The court had the power to place children in orphanages or foster home, place them on probation, or to institutionalize them. The juvenile court idea soon spread to ten other states within the next ten years.

When thinking of reforming the juvenile justice system one has to think; what can we do to make this better for everyone involve? There are some programs that can be implemented when trying to make a change in the juvenile system. The main thing is getting parents or the guardian more involved in the child’s whereabouts. Secondly the community where the youth will have a place to go and have something more constructive to do to keep them out of trouble. Law enforcement can get involved in giving ride along and having visits to the local jails or prisons from the youth to talk to some of the inmates. Crime in life isn’t racist at all it has a no age limit, no certain gender and no social status for most of those whom decide to partake in a criminal activity. From the beginning juveniles have been an issue with law enforcement, the question has always arisen of whom will take control without cruel and unusual punishment and assist with the rehabilitation and prevention future crime actions.

In the early nineteenth century juveniles were treated the same as adults when it came to the legal system. We did not have separate courts or jails for juveniles and they would often receive the same punishments as adults that had committed crimes. “At the beginning of the

Before the Progressive Era, children who were over the age of seven were put in jail with adults. In the early part of the 1800’s reformers started to become concerned with the overcrowded environment in the