Monster Essays - Juvenile Justice
Juvenile Justice
The Juvenile Justice System as it typically functions in America's
thousands of jurisdictions is the subject that will be covered. The Juvenile
Justice System is defined as that "sociolegal process having responsibility and
authority for public reaction to current juvenile delinquency and deterrence of
future juvenile delinquency, including within that process the public and
private agents, agencies, laws, rules, and policies having to do with juvenile
delinquency"(Weiner, 1987, p.12). This paper will deal with the history of the
juvenile system, the need for the juvenile system, j....
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