To begin with, the juvenile justice system is the area in criminal justice where one can’t be responsible for the crimes they commit due to their age. In most states, the cut off age for this system is 18 years old. One might say that the juvenile justice system has come a long way since the early 1800s. Back then, youth that committed criminal acts were treated the same as adults. There was no system to punish the youth properly. Only during the era of social changes when immigration increased is when the youth then began to get separated from being looked at as adults. This is also when reforming the juveniles instead of punishing them became acknowledged and it gradually became of high importance. In continuation, one might say that the