Juveniles committing crimes is not a new topic of discussion, in fact records of juveniles committing crimes dates back to the 1600s, which started the rules and guidelines that evolved over the years to our present-day rules for juveniles. The rules for juveniles vary from state to state. Currently, the system considers anyone from the ages below 7 an infant and they are too young to be held accountable for their actions. Then anyone from the ages of 7 to 17 is considered a juvenile. The primary goal of the Criminal Justice System is to rehabilitate juveniles and make them productive members of society (Aliprandini and Walter 1). In the beginning of US history there was no distinction between an adult and a juvenile, so they were not kept
