Essay On Juvenile Rehabilitation

There has been an argument between rehabilitation and retribution. The juvenile justice system focused on two principles: the individual assessment of juveniles and rehabilitation (Guttman, 1995). Some feel that juveniles are denied their due process in the juvenile system, they put thir focus on rehabilitation and treatment. Individual treatment was the guiding principle for the juvenile. The juvenile court was based on a social service entity that "provided intelligent assessments of juveniles, and assigned them to programs that were closely related to their needs" (Guttman, 1995). In the early 20th century, the juvenile court system focused on open ended, informal, and highly flexible policies to help rehabilitate the deviant …show more content…
The pro is juvenil crimes har serious, they are on the rise, it is costing the government more money. The cons side is J teenagers are committing more crimes does not justify them to be try them as adults, it does not benefit the juveniles, neither the entire society so everyone loses. Pro Are juveniles mature enough to see the outcome of their actions?have proven less maturity in juveniles ,Society does view adolescents as mature individuals in most cases the con when it comes to this is Adolescents are too emotionally immature to be tried as adults it is by emotional and cognitive immaturity, Adolescents make choices that are less responsible than an mature adults in similar situations. Children may know right from wrong, their iconsistently to make responsible decisions means that they are less blameworthy than adults." -The biggest question is Would adult-like sentencing act as a deterrent? The pros to his question imprisoned increased in the. Over time and research shows that Deterrence for juveniles does not work Juveniles, unlike adults, are more prone to emotional (irrational) behaviour and are much less likely to think through all their actions. Thus, even if penalties are harsher, they have no significant