Perhaps the highest hurdle in front of juvenile offender rehabilitation lies with in the system itself. Negative experiences with custody and detainment specifically may effect the ability of the juvenile offender to rehabilitate. The nation’s first juvenile court convened in Chicago, on July 3, 1899. Social reformers who pushed for the court believed in the ...
Runaway child. The very word brings to the mind’s eye child abuse pictures and the abused runaway teens and preteens dressed raggedly, living on the streets and doing dirty deeds for survival. For centuries, this was the life of a runaway child. That has changed thanks to the beginning of Children Services and society’s paranoia ...
Jane Addams, the daughter of a successful businessman, was born on September 6, 1860 in Cedarvaille, Illinois. She grew up watching her father thrive in his career, instilling certain morals and values in her. Addams was in her twenties when she started her biggest feat yet. She founded the Hull House, and dedicated the remaining ...
In 1967, the United States Supreme Court transformed the juvenile justice system with its decision in In Re Gault. Now, three years later in March 1970, the juvenile system was once again facing substantial change. In the case of In Re Winship, important questions were raised regarding the rights of juveniles. The question before the ...
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