The juvenile justice system is a system that was established more than a hundred years ago in order to protect society from juvenile offenders by rehabilitating minors; since minors as Justice Kennedy the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States points out that they have a “lack of maturity and an underdeveloped sense of responsibility” comparing to adults. [Weston,B. (2016)].The author Michelle Oropeza states that throughout the history of the United States, youth were punished just like how adults were punished disregarding their maturity even some courts sentenced children who were 7 years old to death. Indeed, juvenile courts were opened throughout the country in the late 1890’s for the purpose of rehabilitating
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In the juvenile justice system in California, the number of offenses committed by juvenile have been decreasing a lot in the last years. In 1994, the total number of offenses committed by juvenile was 257,829. In 2004, the total number of offenses committed by juvenile was 218,146. And In 2014, the number really decreased and became 86,822 [State of California Department of Justice Statistics: Arrests]. Which means that the number of offenses committed by minors from 1994 to 2014 was reduced by 66%. Furthermore, the Orange county conducted a study to analyze the recidivism rate in the juvenile justice system in California and during three year tracking period; They reported that “seventy percent of first-time juvenile offenders did not reoffend. Twenty-two percent of these first-time offenders committed no more than two additional crimes during the tracking period. The remaining eight percent of the first-time offenders went on to commit fifty-five percent of repeat crimes.” (2005). The juvenile justice system has been successful in rehabilitating those seventy percenters and they did not reoffend when they got out of jail. However, the juvenile justice court needs to look at the common factors of those 8 percenters who reoffend and try to find a solution so we can decrease the recidivism rate even more and make our society safer by finding a way to reform those 8
In the juvenile justice system in California, the number of offenses committed by juvenile have been decreasing a lot in the last years. In 1994, the total number of offenses committed by juvenile was 257,829. In 2004, the total number of offenses committed by juvenile was 218,146. And In 2014, the number really decreased and became 86,822 [State of California Department of Justice Statistics: Arrests]. Which means that the number of offenses committed by minors from 1994 to 2014 was reduced by 66%. Furthermore, the Orange county conducted a study to analyze the recidivism rate in the juvenile justice system in California and during three year tracking period; They reported that “seventy percent of first-time juvenile offenders did not reoffend. Twenty-two percent of these first-time offenders committed no more than two additional crimes during the tracking period. The remaining eight percent of the first-time offenders went on to commit fifty-five percent of repeat crimes.” (2005). The juvenile justice system has been successful in rehabilitating those seventy percenters and they did not reoffend when they got out of jail. However, the juvenile justice court needs to look at the common factors of those 8 percenters who reoffend and try to find a solution so we can decrease the recidivism rate even more and make our society safer by finding a way to reform those 8