“The first juvenile court was convened in Chicago in 1899”. (Bilchik, 1999) and since than there have been many changes in juvenile justice. The juvenile court system is based on the principle that youth are developmentally different from adults and more amenable to intervention, rehabilitation and treatment are the balances of courts. The youngest age of juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency is age six at North Caroline, followed by age seven at Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York, and age eight in Arizona. The oldest age for original juvenile court jurisdiction in delinquency is age fifth teen at Connecticut, New York and North Carolina, followed by age sixteen at Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan Missouri, New Hampshire, South Caroline, Texas, And Wisconsin. Many states have higher upper sages of juvenile court jurisdiction in abuse, offense, and neglect typically thought the age of …show more content…
In the video “Inside Juvenile Prison” I learned how juveniles live inside prison and what they do thought out the day. There are numerous reasons why women go to prison, but something that was shocking to me was the number of women in the United States that are currently under the supervision of the criminal justice system. I cannot imagine how many children are being raised by someone else because their mother is in prison. I defiantly think rehabilitation is a better way to handle juvenile cases instead of punishments, having educational and vocational programs in prison may also change inmates to have a positive