The Juvenile Justice System is part of the criminal law system that focuses on those individuals who are between the ages of 9 and 18. This system was set up for those persons who did criminal acts, but who are not yet considered adults. In most states the age for criminal culpability is 18. While the age of being treated as a juvenile in the court system is up to the age of 18, this can depend on the crime. Juveniles can be transferred to the adult court system if the juvenile court waves or relinquishes its jurisdiction. Juvenile law is mainly governed by state laws…
Adult prisons and jails are not constructed with adolescents in mind, and they do not satisfy the needs of juveniles. Officers of juvenile detention centers are properly trained to deal with the specific needs of teenagers. These centers are equipped with workshops, therapy, family services, education, etc. Dana Liebelson, a Huffington Post reporter, wrote that “Staff in juvenile facilities are more likely to be trained to deal with teens. And after they were released, those who had served in the adult system were 77% more likely to be arrested for a violent felony than those who were sent to juvenile institutions.” (Liebelson) Furthermore, according to the Equal Justice Initiative, adolescence that are in adult prisons face increased risks…
of how to deal with "prisoner reentry" into the community is becoming a hot one, due…
When reviewing the mechanisms that are utilized to transfer juveniles from the juvenile court to criminal court, I would look at what means would best serve the juvenile. The three most commonly used mechanisms are the juvenile wavier, prosecutorial wavier, and legislative wavier (Elrod & Ryder, 2014). Based upon my research, I would favor the judicial wavier. The results of a juvenile being transferred into adult court can have some negative consequences on a juvenile. A juvenile court usually focuses on rehabilitation of the accused juvenile; however, the adult court will focus more on punishment ("Juvenile").…
An advantage to juveniles being handled in adult court is that many juveniles would not be arrested anymore for crimes considered against the law presently for minors. Many adolescent offenders are arrested for minor crimes now and if they are already on probation many trivial acts such as a suspension from school for “anything” can push them into a juvenile placement long term. I have seen it many times. Kids that are on probation for something they did 2 years prior such as at the age of 14 yrs old will get sent away at 16 yrs old because they skipped class or missed curfew assigned by probation officer because it is a violation of their probation. However, other kids that have not been caught selling drugs or under age drinking get warnings…
More and more juveniles are being incarcerated in adult prisons because of legislation dropping the age juveniles are allowed to be tried as an adult and expanding the list that are considered adult crimes. States vary as to how old and where a juvenile is incarcerated. They may have to wait until a certain age to be transferred to an adult facility or they have to go in ight after sentencing. Sometimes they are in the general population of adults and others they try to keep them in different areas, but it all depends on the state and what their legislature says. Adult prisons do not meet the needs of a developing juvenile therefore putting them at risk for abuse and attempting suicide. Studies have shown that the younger juveniles are…
Juveniles who have been tried as adults and sent to prison for life but have sent out early due to the 2012 law, have a hard time adjusting back to the real world. During a documentary called so and so, a juvenile got released back into the real world. He was still very young but also very old. He was in his late twenties but had the maturity level of a teenager still. When he first got out, it was the honey moon phase. He was so happy and relaxed to finally be out of prison. But after a couple months, he started to have relapses of prison. He began shaking and panicking during random times of the day. He began have flashbacks and it seemed like he was unable to properly adjust back to the real world.…
Juveniles are treated different than adults for obvious reasons. One of the more popular ones include, that juvenile brains aren’t fully developed so teens don’t fully understand what they are doing. Another thing that is different about adults and juveniles is who usually decides the cases. In adult cases, their fate lies…
I enjoy reading your post. For adults found guilty of a crime, the courts focus on punishment. Essentially, they attempt to impose a penalty that will make it less likely for the individual to commit a similar crime again in the future. Incarceration is the most frequently used means of punishment. However, the juvenile court system focuses on trying to rehabilitate the minor. Parole and probation are often used, as are diversionary programs. Each state creates its own diversionary programs. Components of these may include counseling, the requirement for performing community service and making restitution to individuals harmed by the minor's delinquent act. Sometimes these programs help offenders to prepare for the future with educational…
INTRODUCTION The United States of America has been often referred to as a champion of human rights especially when it comes to children. However, its policies tend to be very harsh when it comes to punishing them for violent crimes. Most of the nations of the world; even the third world does not try adolescents as adults irrespective of the crime. Yet in our country, we treat adolescent offenders for violent crimes as adults and sentence them into a harsh and dangerous prison environment (Walrond Jr, 2013).…
One the big difference is age, most juvenile are under the age of 18. People under the age of the 18 are probably are immature and not really aware of the consequences of their actions, but of course there are some exceptions to this depending on the situation. Also Juveniles are to be separate from adult offenders, so they won’t get hurt or even learn how to be better delinquents from the adult criminals. Another…
1) Closed court proceedings. Cases involving juveniles are held in a closed court room, and a judge decides the sentence for the offender. This is called a bench trial. Also, juvenile cases are more informal, the offender waits his/her turn to speak before the judge. Adult cases are open to the public and press and details of the case can be provided to the media. Most cases in the adult system are jury trials, occasionally a defendant will waive that right and request a bench trial.…
that mistake because like my Mother says I told them “we are here on earth onetime and onetime only” and that we should live the best life we can.…
I too believe that a criminal offense committed in youth does not automatically make an individual a career criminal. There are alternatives to sending our juveniles to detention centers and/or prisons; many of which could be cost effective. However, we live in a capitalistic society and prisons are very profitable. These prisons produce profits as well as provide employment for many communities. As a presentence investigator, I have come across many young black males that were peer pressured into committing felonious crimes; most of these were aggravated robberies, quite a few resulted in death. In these situations, it is hard to be sympatric when someone is dead as a result of immature risk taking juveniles. However, placing these children…
• Explain the differences between the adult criminal justice system and the juvenile justice system…