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Juvenile Justice
A special category in the justice system created for youth
—that is, in most U.S. jurisdictions, persons between
the ages of 7 and 18.
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History of Juvenile Justice
From a historical
perspective, juvenile delinquency and a separate justice process for juveniles are recent concepts.
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In the beginning of the 19th century (the 1800’s), American cities were seeing
tremendous growth, particularly because of immigration and, in later years, industrialization.
The Development of Institutions for Youth
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The first specialized correctional
institutions for youths in the United States.
Houses of Refuge
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The Houses of RefugeHouses of Refuge were designed to be institutions where children could be reformed and turned into hard-working members of the community.
A child could be committed to a house of refuge by a constable, by a parent, or on the order of a city alderman.
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The Houses of RefugeChildren in houses of refuge engaged in a daily regimen of hard work, military drills, and enforced silence, as well as religious and academic training.
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ProbationBoston shoemaker John Augustus, the “father of probation,” volunteered in 1841 to provide bail for and to supervise minor offenders.
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During the late 1800’s, a new groups of reformers, the child savers, began to advocate a new institution
to deal with youth problems:
The juvenile court.
The Development of the Juvenile Court
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The Legal Context of the Juvenile Court
The legal philosophy
justifying state intervention in the lives of children when
their parents are unable or
unwilling to protect them.
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Juvenile CourtBy the late 1800s, legal mechanisms for treating children differently and separately from adults were being put in place.
The first juvenile court
was established in
1899 in Cook
County ,Illinois.
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Juveniles at Risk
school failures dysfunctional families
substance abuse mentally disordered
crime committed school expulsion
informal probation court involvement FORMAL probation
out of home placement Juvenile Hall/detention center
Prevention services:•School services•County social services•Community Based Organizations
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Please read about the case and complete
16.7 a&b
Gerald Gault pg. 185
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Gerald Gault case•In 1964, fifteen-year-old Gerald Gault, from Arizona, was accused by a neighbor of making an obscene phone call and was arrested.• After a hearing in which he was not represented by an attorney or allowed to confront his accuser, Gerald was sentenced to juvenile prison until his twenty-first birthday.
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Gault outcome…In the landmark case, In re Gault (1967), the U.S. Supreme Court gave juveniles a number of due process (14TH ammendment) protections:
1. The right against self-incrimination
2. A right to adequate notice of charges
against them3. A right to confront &
cross-examine their accusers
4. The right to assistance of counsel
(lawyer)5. The right to sworn testimony and appeal
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What is meant by due process?The Constitution guarantees that the government cannot take away a person's basic rights to 'life, liberty or property, without due process of law.'
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Arizona case that all states must give juvenile
defendants the same constitutional rights as adult criminal defendants.
Gerald Gault
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The police represent the primary
gatekeepers to the formal juvenile justice process.
The Formal Juvenile Justice Process
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Typical responses of police officers handling juvenile cases are:
The Police Response to Juveniles
• Warn and release• Refer to parents• Refer to a diversionary
program operated by the police or another community agency
• Refer to court (arrest)
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Comparing law Termsjuvenile adult
1. Crime2. Arrest3. File charges4. Not guilty plea5. Guilty plea6. Trial7. Found guilty8. Sentencing9. Jail10.Parole
1. (status) Offense2. Take into
custody3. Petition4. Denial5. Admission6. Adjudicatory Hearing
7. Found Delinquent8. Disposition9. Detention10.Aftercare
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The Formal Juvenile Justice Process
• 85 percent of delinquency cases referred to the juvenile courts
come from police agencies.
•Status offenses Acts that are not crimes when committed by adults but are illegal for children (for example, truancy or running away from home).
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Referring to juvenile court…
•Juvenile hearings never have a jury.•Only in adult courts.•Decided by US Supreme Court in 1971
•Juvenile hearings are private and not open to the public.
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Look at the Juvenile Justice Process flow chart on page 190
How many times can the juvenile case be dismissed in the process?
Notice how many steps there are in this process.
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As a way to get tougher on crime, the process has been made easier to transfer juveniles to
adult court.
Adult or Juvenile?
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Page 181-183Do prob. 16.2,16.3,16.4,16.5
Write down the 3 things that the Federal office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention recommends for an effective juvenile justice system.
You be the judge…
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Case studies Marquese
Read about the following 4 boys, and what happened to each of them in the Juvenile Justice System.
Questions to follow.
Manny
Shawn
Jose
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• The Case of the 15 year old Murderer
• Madison Frasier Case Scenario
• Expressing your opinion
with reasons about the perfect juvenile justices
system
Juvenile Sentencing