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Teen Court Case Study

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In 1944 the teen court was an idea that was developed in Maine by judges at that point in time. At that point the youth court was in its planning phase. In the 170s the first youth court was implemented in the state of Illinois, Texas New York and Indiana. These teen courts or as they were known then the Global Youth Justice programs were aimed at reducing juvenile crimes and providing a high quality service to parents and young individuals. By the 1980s the teen courts grew in support through the promotion of it by prominent official such as the legal community, educators and juvenile justice professionals as a positive alternative to punitive sanctions. The media played a crucial role for the teen courts as this would provide the positive …show more content…

In an article called “Teen Court- Is it an Effective Alternative to Traditional Sanctions” which was published in the Journal for Juvenile Justice and Detention Services evaluated in detail the effectiveness of the teen courts and the results they were having. In 1992 Kentucky aimed at establishing teen courts as a Law Related education program which according to the Global Youth justice website “is designed to equip non-lawyers with knowledge and skills pertaining to the law, the legal process, the legal system, and the fundamental principles and values on which these are based.” By 1996 there was a need for a formal guide for the establishment of teen courts in an area so The American Probation and Parole Association developed and published an article called “ Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Teen Court Programs.” The article stated the foundation guidelines on developing, implementing and enhancing the teen court …show more content…

In a study called “The Role of Restorative Justice in Teen Courts: A Preliminary Look” Goodwin (2002), the research identifies that the teen court contain have restorative principles but the restorative process needed more expansion within it. Moving to the 21st century, the teen court has made great strides with expansion of it internationally as well as integrating more restorative processes and outcomes. People all over the world have taken an active role in developing and implementing the teen court program in their country some countries for example are the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand and in the developmental stage Trinidad and

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It is shocking to know that before 1967 youths in the United States did not have the same rights as adults in court. Before the landmark case In Re Gault individuals underage were not promised the freedoms under the fourteenth amendment. The court system did not take juvenile delinquent cases as seriously. It was almost as if they brushed the delinquents under the rug and put them into a detention center the first chance they got. The Supreme Court came to the conclusion that in the case of In Re Gault the requirements for due process were not met.

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The Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention and Protection Act (JJDPA) was established in 1974 and was the first federal law that dealt comprehensively with juvenile delinquency to improve the juvenile justice system and support state and local efforts at delinquency prevention. This paper will assess the JJDPA and summarize its purpose and implementation and enforcement. Next, there will be a discussion of the historical context of the policy; followed by a focus of the latent consequences. Finally there will be a vignette as to how this Act has affected a person or family as well as personal reflection toward the policy.

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Education will be provided to the juveniles to explain the repercussions of their actions and the results of another offence. Education will also be proved to the parents/guardians to improve the home situation and how to help the juvenile take on the restorative justice program in full force. Pre-program assessments must be completed for every juvenile to be place in this restorative justice program. Assessments will be taken often during and after the programs completion. The initial assessment will be a set in place to gather background information on the juveniles family/community situation, and continuous mental, physical and

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Christopher Simmons, 17 at the time, was condemned to death in 1993 for murder. He exhausted all of his state and federal appeals up until 2002, meaning they were all rejected. In 2002, the Missouri Supreme Court granted Simmons a stay of execution while the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Atkins v. Virginia, a case that was held on the execution of the mentally disabled. “When the Supreme Court decided Atkins v. Virginia in 2002 (barring executions for the mentally disabled), Simmons filed a new petition. He argued that the Eighth Amendment rationale of Atkins should also bar the execution of juveniles” (Legal Dictionary, n.d.).

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Let me explain why. For Starters, the Juvenile Justice center doesn’t help some of the troubled teens. According to “Report: Juvenile justice system schools “do more harm than good”, it states, “Overall, 30 percent reported they had been physically or sexually abused, 37 percent had problems with hearing, sight or teeth, and 20 percent “wished they were dead,” according to the report.” So not only are the teens not being helped out, but they are getting abused physically and sexually.

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A Bureau of Justice Statistics conducted a study in 40 of the nation’s largest urban communities. “It was found that an estimated 7,100 juvenile defendants were charged with felonies in adult criminal court in 1998. Of these 40 county criminal courts, juveniles were 64% more likely than adults to be charged with a violent felony. These juvenile defendants were generally treated as serious offenders, as 52% did not receive pretrial release, 63% were convicted of a felony, and 43% of those convicted received a prison sentence. States have expanded the mechanisms by which juveniles can be charged in criminal courts.

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When kids that are only 16 and 17 are tried in adult court, studies have shown that these teens are more likely to commit crimes and serious offenses. For this reason some kids get into a cycle of trials, Juvy, and release because that is all they know how to do, because when they are released they don’t know how to live a normal life.

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There are differences between a juvenile court and criminal court in the United States. The focus of the juvenile justice system is on rehabilitation, in hope of deterring the minor away from a life of crime so they will not commit a crime again as an adult. In contrast, the criminal justice system focuses on the punishment and often bases the sentencing outcome on the criminal history of the youth. In a study conducted, Butler (2011) showed that the participants’ experience with adult jails and prisons show that those facilities may instill fear but are otherwise emotionally—and often physically—dangerous for youth. Many of the adult prisoners, who were minors when they enter the adult institution, felt they were forced to “grow

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In today’s world there are countless crimes committed every single day. “In 2015, there were 1.42 million total arrests, at a rate of 3,641 arrests per 100,000 residents” (State of California, Department of Justice). Grown adults are not the only people being arrested every year, there are also juveniles, children, being arrested every day. One topic of controversy today is whether or not juveniles who commit these crimes should be tried as adults in criminal court. There are many differences between the justice system for adults and the justice system for juveniles.

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Teenagers are not perfect, and their irrational behavior can lead to poor decisions that could potentially be dangerous and unlawful. A debate has now occurred for many years that deals with the issue of sentencing teens that have committed serious crimes such as murder and robbery. Many people argue that if juveniles commit these crimes that their punishment should be equal to an adults punishment for serious crimes, but juveniles shouldn’t have to worry about their lives getting ruined. Most juveniles and teenagers do not have enough maturity to survive in the adult prison system, and recent brain development research shows us that teenagers brains are not even close to being finished developing. Therefore, teenagers and youth under the age of eighteen should

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