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A 12-year-old attacks a woman walking down the street and grabs her purse

Juvenile Justice YouTube - Children Given One Strike: A Lifetime Without Redemption (A Penn Law VLA Production). A 12-year-old attacks a woman walking down the street and grabs her purse. A 16 year old body does the same thing to another woman on another street.

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A 12-year-old attacks a woman walking down the street and grabs her purse

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  1. Juvenile JusticeYouTube - Children Given One Strike: A Lifetime Without Redemption (A Penn Law VLA Production)

  2. A 12-year-old attacks a woman walking down the street and grabs her purse

  3. A 16 year old body does the same thing to another woman on another street.

  4. A 19 year old young man attacks a third woman and takes her purse

  5. The police arrest all three. • Do their ages make a difference in what happens to them following arrest?

  6. Yes! • Age determines which institution will process these cases and what procedures will govern the process

  7. Why is this?

  8. There is a different structure for adults and juveniles.

  9. History of Juvenile Law

  10. 18th Century • Little distinction was made in the criminal culpability (responsibility) of children and adults. Juveniles as young as seven could be tried and sentenced in criminal courts.

  11. Psychologists began to notice the developmental difference between adults and juveniles. • Reformers argued that children should be removed from adult prisons

  12. In 1825 the 1st institution designed for juvenile delinquents • Juvenile institutions included a significant educational and rehabilitative component • “child savers”

  13. 1899 first juvenile court was established – Illinois • Goal was rehabilitative and not punitive, no due process protections • Judges had a lot of discretion in order to achieve the goal of individualized rehabilitative justice

  14. 1960s – not much rehabilitation going on – warehoused in institutions; not much different from an adult prison. • If they were going to be treated as adults in the sentencing phase, they should offer protections that adults get. • Challenged the broad discretion given to judges

  15. Some court cases that helped establish due process for juveniles • Preventative detention - - not giving the option of bail was unconstitutional • Sentencing a juvenile to death is considered cruel and unusual punishment • Notifying parents of charges • Juveniles get formal hearings, protection against self-incrimination, notice of charges, c-x of witnesses

  16. Early 1970s • Juvenile institutions are attacked as cruel and unusual punishment • More preventative and community-based programs • Development of group homes and halfway houses

  17. This is short-lived • Conservative “get tough” approach to crime • 1990s becomes easier to try kids as adults • The system is turning back toward treating juvenile offenders like adults.

  18. States struggle with the following questions: • At what age do children understand what they are doing? • When are children no longer served by the rehabilitative nature of juvenile courts? • Are programs cost effective

  19. Juvenile Services • County Home Schools • Treatment facilities throughout MN

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