It is not doubt that requiring a juvenile sex offender to register is a controversial issue. There are pros and cons that people for and against argue. Requiring a juvenile to register can cause consequence throughout the time he/she is registered. One of the issue is that a juvenile can “suffer persecution and stigma that outlasts whatever disposition may be imposed by the courts” (book). Placing a juvenile in a sex registry places the person in danger since is available to the public. According to our textbook, the origin of the juvenile court system was to protect them and rehabilitate them into productive members of society. However, by requiring them to register it contradicts this goal (book). On the contrast, arguments in favor for these
