Correctional Process In Juvenile Court

decides whether to waive a juvenile court to the adult Court. The decision is based around the child 's age and his or her prior offense history and the seriousness of the offense. Before even being waived some jurisdictions require the children to be over a certain age typically around the age of 14. Some jurisdictions mandate that the child must be charged with a felony before being tried as an adult where others permit waiver of jurisdiction to the criminal court. In 31 States once a juvenile is tried in an adult Court she or he is no longer able for Juvenile Justice on any subsequent offense. Some of these waivers are said to do more harm than good by placing these juveniles in adult court and being placed into these adult facilities. These …show more content…
Even though many are placed back in the community almost ninety thousand are now in secure facilities. The most common used formal sentence for juvenile offenders his probation. Probation involves placing the child under supervision of a juvenile probation department officer for the purpose of community treatment. Also they can employ to follow special rules such as a curfew, attending substance abuse meetings. Apart from probation community service a monetary restitution may be ordered as well. If they are a serious offender they can be placed in intense supervision or under house arrest just as adults are. Juvenile intensive probation supervision is an alternative to incarceration in which involves daily supervision by a probation officer assigned to the case. Some say that they are more successful than traditional probation and cost much less than being incarcerated. However some say that failure rate is high and that younger offenders who commit Petty crimes are the most likely to be placed in intensive supervision programs. It is not surprising because these who are placed in intensive supervision programs sell more often in which they are more serious offenders who have been incarcerated and are now being watch and she revised. The most severe deposition available to the juvenile court involves sending the child to an institution. Juvenile facilities are given many names which include detention centers, juvenile Halls, shelters, reception and diagnostic Centers, group homes, Wilderness Camp, ranches, farms, Youth Development Centers, Residential Treatment Centers, training or reform schools, and juvenile correctional institutions. Some of these facilities resemble adult prisons or jails. The number of children being held in some type of incarceration has declined from over 100,000 to about 70,000 today.