Law, Justice and Society Chapter 8

Juvenile Justice was one of the most confusing chapter for me so far. It was confusing because of all of the different movements happening and the government trying to help the juveniles out. When the juvenile is found responsible there are a lot of different things the government can do to the juvenile. They can lock them up in a juvenile hall which they are doing now and they are giving them rehabilitation while the juvenile is in juvenile hall. Another option the state has is to send them to a house in which the juvenile learns how to work and how to be more responsible. Before 1966 juveniles did not have any rights in the court system. The system that the juvenile court follows is the civil system. There has been a long debate if the juvenile court should be mixed with adult court. There was a movement in which the adult court and the juvenile court almost mixed That movement was called just desserts movement. During that movement there were a lot of juveniles in adult court and there were a lot of people in jails. Right now the juvenile Justis is between the rehabilitation and crime control movements. Now we have a place where the juveniles can think about what they have done and where they can learn how to be better people for the community. To me this is the best option because if one part doesn't work then we still have the other one to try and see if it works. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePqFZCPBUdw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxLZ4IL59EI the boys and the girls clubs are a place where kids can go to learn how they can be better for the community. The boys and girls club keeps kids out of trouble and keeps them safe.