Historical Methods of Juvenile Justice in the USA

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This paper looks at the methods used in the past to deal with juvenile offenders through the court, since the establishment of the first juvenile court in 1899.

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"The problem of dealing with juvenile justice has plagued are country for years, since the establishment of the first juvenile court in 1899. Prior to that development, delinquent juveniles had to be processed through the adult justice system which gave much harsher penalties. By 1945, separate juvenile courts existed in every single state. Similar to the adult system, all through most of the 20th century, the juvenile justice system was based upon a medical/rehabilitative representation. The new challenges of the juvenile court were to examine, analyze, and recommend treatment for offenders, not to deliver judgment fault or fix responsibility. The court ran under the policy of "parens patriae" that intended that the state would step in and act as a parent on behalf of a disobedient juvenile."

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