The Juvenile Justice System is the primary system that deals with kids from the age of 10-17 that has committed a crime. The juvenile justice system intervenes with police, court and correctional involvement. From back in the days they had a concept of separating legal framework for juvenile offenders because they had young kids and accused of doing wrong and they were in prison with the adults. In the beginning of the 19 century, they reform the first juvenile house in the United States, which opens 1824; this was the first house juvenile offenders in a separate facility and other states. Researchers and scientist develop in the 18 and 19 centuries that they will not mix youth offenders with adults or punish them similar to an adult than rather just rehabilitating them. …show more content…
It changes when the Supreme Court decision in In re Gault in 1967. They determine that since the juvenile were civil proceedings, they should still face a loss of liberty. For that reason the Supreme Court subjected that all children involved in the juvenile court proceedings or facing serious time, they have the following constitution rights: receive notice of charges, obtain legal counsel, confrontation and cross-examination, the privilege against self-incrimination, to receive a transcript of the proceedings, and have an appellate court