Juvenile Justice

The American juvenile justice system was designed over 100 years ago to reform kids who were found guilty of minor crimes such as petty theft and truancy. Today, the system is becoming overwhelmed by crimes of violence. Stealing and skipping school have been replaced by violent crimes, such as rape and murder. The juvenile justice system was never meant to deal with these kinds of problems. In the past the juvenile justice system sought to rehabilitate …

…changes. The millennium marks a time of change from old to modern. More education, more rehabilitation, or more incarceration, there are many routes that the justice system can take when redefining itself. Ultimately, the justice system will shape itself upon criminal cases, and sadly many victims will be analyzed as statistics in order to better the system. The only way to determine which corrections work and which fail is to put them to the test.