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That question is the problem with the juvenile system.  Those issues in the past were dealt within the family, but over the past twenty years the family unit has eroded into single parent homes.   I personally don’t think that those issues should be addressed in courts but should be addressed at the kitchen table with the parents. But since the government now has to step into the role of the parents for whatever reason the courts have to find ways to address simple juvenile infractions. One has to be careful not to brand a child as a delinquent to early as this can make things worse (Elrod, P., & Ryder, S.R. 2011).  It has been proven to just lock up a child and put them with other offenders can hurt the child in the long run an actually make the child act worse than they did before they got into trouble the first time. So juvenile courts have to take on the role of parent when the parents are ineffective with a child. I have seen the positive side and negative sides of this. When the courts get involved they are as only as good as the people that work there. Children sometimes get lost in the system or the system is so overloaded that it cannot handle the case load that it has. Or the system becomes greedy and it’s about the money that they collect in fines and fees for services that an offender must go. In these cases the child is not getting help, they are just become another source of revenue for the court. These are all the negatives that I see when the courts get involved. The positives are when a single parent is battling a child that has gone off the path to a life of crime. When the parents have exhausted all means as to get their child to act right the courts can show the child after many chances to act right what their life will be like in detention. These courses of action seem to work when there is one hundred percent involvement of the parents

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The juvenile justice system is rather complex due to the vast variety of problems that juveniles have in today's society. Juveniles that are involved in status offenses such as drinking, smoking, breaking curfew, running away from home, truancy should be dealt with on a case by case basis in my opinion. I think it depends on underlying circumstances that are going on in a juvenile's life. For example, a teenager could run away and automatically be labeled a delinquent, but the real question is to ask why that person ran away or committed other crimes. People are diverse and unfortunately the world is not black and white. A juvenile could be running away because they are simply rebellious, but they could also be running away from terrible home life where they could be possibly sexually abused. The biggest problem I see is that juveniles have too much power and society as a whole, has enabled their bad behavior. For most juveniles there is a lack of guidance and no responsibility is ever enforced. The justice system has also become like baby sitting opposed to punishment because our society has become so politically correct. I agree that the juvenile justice system should get involved when other options have not been explored such as Department of Children Services or therapy based programs. If those options have not worked than the juvenile system needs to be implemented. I also believe that firmer punishments need to be applied. Juveniles are not punished as severe as they should be in the United States. I think more boot camp style projects need to also be incorporated. 

 

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