Legislation of the 20th Century
Legislation of the 20th Century
Juvenile Delinquency and Justice – CRJ180
Legislation of the 20th century The 20th century produced a number of important legislation and movements that shaped the way juvenile offender and delinquents were treated. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974; is to be considered one of those important legislation. This act was one of the first federal legislation that helped shape states policies when dealing with the juvenile court system. The Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention Act was passed by Congress to fix the issues that were emerging with the practice of intervention and rehabilitation for juveniles. Although, pre-criminal offences supposedly committed by juveniles would no longer be institutionalized by state juvenile justice systems due to the fact that this prevention act defined juveniles as male or female under the age of eighteen, and that juvenile delinquency was a law violation committed by a juvenile. The Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention Act established a system were juveniles were kept out of adult prison system with the help from local and state assistance through grants that were used to coordinate and establish proper planning to evaluate projects that would help in the development of more efficient training, treatment, educational and rehabilitation programs that could improve the juvenile justice system, and also juvenile delinquency. The two main focuses of this prevention act was to ensure that all juveniles would be removed from any adult jail or prison system, and to also stop juvenile court systems from sending minors who had committed criminal and noncriminal acts to prisonlike institutions for rehabilitation. However, it was believed that the two main focuses of this act was to ensure that the juveniles behavior issues had a chance to be rehabilitated, which could allowed them to reenter society and function normally. (Miller, 2004).
The 20th century was inspired by
Juvenile Delinquency and Justice – CRJ180
Legislation of the 20th century The 20th century produced a number of important legislation and movements that shaped the way juvenile offender and delinquents were treated. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974; is to be considered one of those important legislation. This act was one of the first federal legislation that helped shape states policies when dealing with the juvenile court system. The Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention Act was passed by Congress to fix the issues that were emerging with the practice of intervention and rehabilitation for juveniles. Although, pre-criminal offences supposedly committed by juveniles would no longer be institutionalized by state juvenile justice systems due to the fact that this prevention act defined juveniles as male or female under the age of eighteen, and that juvenile delinquency was a law violation committed by a juvenile. The Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention Act established a system were juveniles were kept out of adult prison system with the help from local and state assistance through grants that were used to coordinate and establish proper planning to evaluate projects that would help in the development of more efficient training, treatment, educational and rehabilitation programs that could improve the juvenile justice system, and also juvenile delinquency. The two main focuses of this prevention act was to ensure that all juveniles would be removed from any adult jail or prison system, and to also stop juvenile court systems from sending minors who had committed criminal and noncriminal acts to prisonlike institutions for rehabilitation. However, it was believed that the two main focuses of this act was to ensure that the juveniles behavior issues had a chance to be rehabilitated, which could allowed them to reenter society and function normally. (Miller, 2004).
The 20th century was inspired by
References: Miller, E. J. (2004). Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act of 1974. Retrieved from http://www.enotes.com/juvenile-justice-delinquency-prevention-act-1974-reference/juvenile-justice-delinquency-prevention-act-1974 Shepherd Jr, R. E. (1999, December). The juvenile court at 100 years: a look back. Retrieved from https://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjjournal1299/2.html