The Problem of Juvenile Justice

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The paper argues that the juvenile justice system is not doing all it can to prevent children from returning to prisons once they reach adulthood. It claims that the entire systems needs a re-think and provides some suggestions for change. The writer claims that the children are the future and if they are not properly cared for, their and our future is at stake.

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"This does not hold true in all areas, however. Though the phrase, "The children are our future," has been firmly established as a cliche, it remains the undeniable truth. The future is with us in the here and now, maturing physically with every passing second and stepping into openings left by each preceding generation, but it is difficult to find a more poorly-organized segment of that future than that represented by troubled children (Tanczos, 2000). The ideal situation is for each child to be guided through early life by loving and committed parents, taught all of the necessary intellectual skills by exemplary schools and colleges, and then released to take their rightful spots on the adult stage. Sadly, the ideal is not the same as the reality (Smith, 2002)."

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