Growing up, we have all known someone from our childhood that was a problematic youth. Among these youth, we recognize their lack of authority and some have deeper issues that need to be evaluated. Juvenile peers are very aware when kids their age cause trouble and get sent away to a juvenile center or treatment facility. Recent studies show that around 500,000 of the youth today will be sent to a juvenile center each year. There are around 75,000 juveniles incarcerated in facilities and the number seems to only grow as times change. The juvenile justice system is constantly changing around in the United States with influences from other systems across the world. There are many attempted programs and treatments that intend to keep the youth
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Jessica May, along with two other authors, says in “Juvenile Delinquency Treatment and Prevention: A literature review” that the first juvenile justice system was established in 1899 in Illinois. The system was a first step toward the first child psychiatry clinic in 1909 in the same state. When the courts were created, there were no restrictions or sentencing, the goal of the courts were to “help the youth return to a healthy path of development” according to May. Gregory Fritz in an article in The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, expresses his opinion that children and adolescents are still developing in many ways. In contradiction to his opinion, May describes that since the recent increase in crime since the 1970’s, juveniles have all legal rights except to a jury of peers and can also fall under adult courts for their crimes. Although, restrictions have become more intense for youth, Fritz discusses that in 2012 the Supreme Court ruled life without parole sentences unconstitutional which is a confusing sentence against the 2,000 juveniles who have already been sentenced to this time. With the changing of times, it is hard to control so many juveniles under one system. There are many adolescents who have different developed brains and the treatment options that were once effective are much outdated from those 100 years ago. Some believe that the administration within the center …show more content…
The article by Gregory Fritz describes that the adolescents mind is not completely developed and lacks the proper judgement, impulse, and maturity functions than that of an adult. A study written by Todd l. Grande and several other authors in the article “Examining Mental Health Symptoms in Male and Female Incarcerated Juveniles” hypothesized that the mental health symptom rates among females would be higher than those of males. In the study, there was a total of 4,015 juveniles tested over three different testing strategies. Grande includes that the types of tests were the MAYSI-2 which is a screen that tests juveniles from ages 12-17 which evaluates the mental health characteristics, the BASC-2 which is a instrument to aid in the finding of behavioral and emotional issues of those 2-25 years of age, and lastly the TSCC which is an assessment on the ages of 8 to 16 on the effects of any outstanding physical and sexual abuse. The effect of the family can also be detrimental to how the juvenile grows up and their effects on their actions. A study written by Marina Tolou- Shams on “The Role of Family Affect in Juvenile Drug Court Offenders’ Substance Use and HIV Risk” also discusses the physical choices that a family and juvenile make that effect their long-term life choices. This test was evaluating the impact and influence that a family and the juvenile have one
Jessica May, along with two other authors, says in “Juvenile Delinquency Treatment and Prevention: A literature review” that the first juvenile justice system was established in 1899 in Illinois. The system was a first step toward the first child psychiatry clinic in 1909 in the same state. When the courts were created, there were no restrictions or sentencing, the goal of the courts were to “help the youth return to a healthy path of development” according to May. Gregory Fritz in an article in The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, expresses his opinion that children and adolescents are still developing in many ways. In contradiction to his opinion, May describes that since the recent increase in crime since the 1970’s, juveniles have all legal rights except to a jury of peers and can also fall under adult courts for their crimes. Although, restrictions have become more intense for youth, Fritz discusses that in 2012 the Supreme Court ruled life without parole sentences unconstitutional which is a confusing sentence against the 2,000 juveniles who have already been sentenced to this time. With the changing of times, it is hard to control so many juveniles under one system. There are many adolescents who have different developed brains and the treatment options that were once effective are much outdated from those 100 years ago. Some believe that the administration within the center …show more content…
The article by Gregory Fritz describes that the adolescents mind is not completely developed and lacks the proper judgement, impulse, and maturity functions than that of an adult. A study written by Todd l. Grande and several other authors in the article “Examining Mental Health Symptoms in Male and Female Incarcerated Juveniles” hypothesized that the mental health symptom rates among females would be higher than those of males. In the study, there was a total of 4,015 juveniles tested over three different testing strategies. Grande includes that the types of tests were the MAYSI-2 which is a screen that tests juveniles from ages 12-17 which evaluates the mental health characteristics, the BASC-2 which is a instrument to aid in the finding of behavioral and emotional issues of those 2-25 years of age, and lastly the TSCC which is an assessment on the ages of 8 to 16 on the effects of any outstanding physical and sexual abuse. The effect of the family can also be detrimental to how the juvenile grows up and their effects on their actions. A study written by Marina Tolou- Shams on “The Role of Family Affect in Juvenile Drug Court Offenders’ Substance Use and HIV Risk” also discusses the physical choices that a family and juvenile make that effect their long-term life choices. This test was evaluating the impact and influence that a family and the juvenile have one