Juvenile Justice Essay

Schlossman’s Transforming Juvenile Justice, originally known as Love & The America delinquent published by The University of Chicago in 1977, provides an overview of the timeframe of 1825-1920 and those hundred odd years of our juvenile justice and how things have changed—or lack thereof. Schlossman plays a significant role in our understanding of juvenile justice and the tough road to get our juvenile justice system where it is today because at the time of his book the juvenile justice seemed…

The juvenile justice system has been criminalized leading to a more punitive system, but some juvenile justice professionals believe that a holistic approach would be more beneficial. The issues of juvenile delinquent offenders and status offenders have been addressed from a holistic approach, which involves offenders, victims, communities and families in the resolutions of problems. This holistic approach has shown successful results in decreasing the recidivism rates for status and delinquent…

Analysis of the Juvenile Justice System and Dipartites amongst Minorities The United States incarcerates more youths than any other development country; approximately 2 million juveniles are arrested annually in the United States (Barnet et al. 2014). Although juveniles are protected against cruel and unusual punishment by the Eighth Amendment, many states in the U.S. are creating and implementing new laws designed to be more stringent with the juveniles. These new laws range anywhere from…

Introduction One of the growing societal issues in the United States is the increasing number of juveniles tracking out of the education system and into the criminal justice system. While this trend is influenced by a variety of factors, many site a direct correlation to zero tolerance policies in our schools. Of equal concern is the high percentage of incarcerated youth belonging to minority groups. Are there systemic flaws in our educational system that can be blamed for these trends? If…

that I will be preparing a critical analysis of is “The Honest Politician’s Guide to Juvenile Justice in the Twenty-First Century” (Feld, 1994, as cited in Spohn & Hemmens, 2012, pp. 55-65). In reading this article, Fled provided a persuasive analysis and my conclusions will follow. In Fled's article, he makes convincing arguments for proposed changes that should be put in its place such as changing the Juvenile Court which, to his way of thinking, has changed completely from what was known as a…

towards juvenile individuals and to reduce those associated with criminal activities. This was attempted by improving the physical appearance of surrounding neighborhoods, recreational activities, and direct member involvement with troubled youth via either school or courtroom. Unfortunately, there was no way of evaluating the effectiveness during its original conception, it wasn’t apparent till a review was publish be the Rand Corporation, declaring the program was effective at reducing…

The Juveniles justice system intervenes in teens behaviors through police,court to correct their involvement with the goal of rehabilitation. Juveniles who commit first or second degree murder receive a mandatory sentence of Life without parole. I agree that it is unfair and teens should not be sentenced without parole because their brain isn’t fully developed, minors do not have the right of an “adult”, and some teens grow up in a negative environment. “Teen-brain research is the…

adolescents face every day compared to their white counter parts. Race has been an issue for quite some time now, these racial divides are no different in the juvenile justice system. It is said that society views minorities as a threat to economic and cultural interest, because of this they are discriminated against and over represented in the justice system. Black kids being treated more severely than white kids when they both commit the same crime. This is an example of indirect…

Criminal Courts and Juvenile court is separated due to age. Depending on the state, there is a cutoff age that an adolescent’s case is brought to juvenile court. In some states, that age can be 15 in others it may be 17 (Bartol & Bartol, 2015). In some states, prosecutors, regardless the age of the child or adolescent, have the discretion to choose between juvenile court and criminal court. The main difference between the criminal justice system and the juvenile justice system, is that the…

Juvenile crime has been an increasing point of debate in recent years. Many people argued whether they should be sentenced as adults or not when convicted of a serious crime, such as murder. Some argue that juveniles deserve to be treated as such despite the crime they have committed, while others believe they are to be treated as adults. This resulted in many juveniles receiving adult sentences like life in prison without parole. Some juveniles commit crimes without a thought of the risks,…