The article Rethinking Juvenile Status offense laws: consider for congressional review of the juvenile justice and delinquency prevention Act was written by Claire Shubik and Jessica Kendall. The article is mainly about congress reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act. The article gives an overview of the recent state-offense legislation and case law. The article also address issues that was raised by congress during the reauthorizing of the Juvenile Justice and delinquency prevention act.
For many years, the Juvenile delinquent system was established to separate children form adults in the criminal justice system. This process begins in the early 1960’s, however instead of the common term