The author shares that disability and delinquency are highly brushed aside when it comes to assisting a child throughout a court case. At times, children with disorders go unnoticed because nobody considers their disability as a possible factor towards why they acted up. It all begins at the schools when children are not properly referred for possible disabilities. When children are not properly identified it may lead them to have a harsh punishment that may influence the rest of their lives. For instance, a student named Dale “failed first, second, and third grade”, but nobody ever referred him for a “special education evaluation” (30). If Dale would have been referred he could have avoided the problems the justice system had in store for
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Most lawyers are “not trained to listen empathetically and non-judgmentally” (42), which is why most of them just want the case to end so that they may continue to their next case(s). Whenever delinquent children are trialed they are not given equal opportunities because they may have a “hearing or vision impairments” (43) that may limit them from being represented to their best ability. Children with disabilities cannot comprehend the Miranda rights because they are “incompetent to stand trial” meaning that they cannot comprehend what is going on because they are “unable to understand the nature of the proceedings” (48). Lawyers often want the children to plead guilty so that they no longer have to deal with children that are just as lost as them during the case. These types of cases often happen because the children along with their parents are not aware of the rights that they may have. Most children who plead guilty may no be aware that they can play the system back the way that it has been played on them. Thus, this is why individuals have began going against the courts and their “administrating programs for appointing delinquency defense attorneys” (51) for they cannot be trusted to protect …show more content…
Police offers are often invited to “provide recommendations to the judge regarding what services the child should receive” (52), which may be bad because the officer may have a bias towards their punishment that may send them to a juvenile detention center. At times, probation officers already have an outline towards what a delinquent child may do because they in a sense believe that all delinquent children from impoverished backgrounds have the same aspirations. “A probation officer who is unaware of education related disabilities” (55) will often treat the child the same as any other child who is of the same background unless they are properly educated about the sorts of children they may encounter. Therefore, it is up to the parents to identify their children because if they do not properly label them they will be treated like any ordinary adult going through the law process. If more children were properly identified they would be trailed more fairly than their peers. In a case study, it was found that a girl named Anna did not attend her classes because she claimed that she did not have any; due to her past truancies, her public school made her “stay at the gym or office all day”. Anna was later found out to have an “education-related disability” (63) that was punished
Most lawyers are “not trained to listen empathetically and non-judgmentally” (42), which is why most of them just want the case to end so that they may continue to their next case(s). Whenever delinquent children are trialed they are not given equal opportunities because they may have a “hearing or vision impairments” (43) that may limit them from being represented to their best ability. Children with disabilities cannot comprehend the Miranda rights because they are “incompetent to stand trial” meaning that they cannot comprehend what is going on because they are “unable to understand the nature of the proceedings” (48). Lawyers often want the children to plead guilty so that they no longer have to deal with children that are just as lost as them during the case. These types of cases often happen because the children along with their parents are not aware of the rights that they may have. Most children who plead guilty may no be aware that they can play the system back the way that it has been played on them. Thus, this is why individuals have began going against the courts and their “administrating programs for appointing delinquency defense attorneys” (51) for they cannot be trusted to protect …show more content…
Police offers are often invited to “provide recommendations to the judge regarding what services the child should receive” (52), which may be bad because the officer may have a bias towards their punishment that may send them to a juvenile detention center. At times, probation officers already have an outline towards what a delinquent child may do because they in a sense believe that all delinquent children from impoverished backgrounds have the same aspirations. “A probation officer who is unaware of education related disabilities” (55) will often treat the child the same as any other child who is of the same background unless they are properly educated about the sorts of children they may encounter. Therefore, it is up to the parents to identify their children because if they do not properly label them they will be treated like any ordinary adult going through the law process. If more children were properly identified they would be trailed more fairly than their peers. In a case study, it was found that a girl named Anna did not attend her classes because she claimed that she did not have any; due to her past truancies, her public school made her “stay at the gym or office all day”. Anna was later found out to have an “education-related disability” (63) that was punished