Discussion Thread Question: Focus of Juvenile Justice

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Early treatment of juveniles focused on punishing offenders who were capable of understanding their offenses. Today, the juvenile justice system has developed as a more benevolent, less formal alternative to the adult system, in which rehabilitation, not punishment, is the desired outcome.

 

Submission Details: By Saturday, November 9, 2013, in a minimum of 250 words, post to the following:

 

  • Do you think rehabilitation should be the most important goal of the juvenile justice system? Why?
  • During the course of processing a youthful offender, under what circumstances, if any, should the juvenile justice system abandon rehabilitation and focus on punishment?
  • What criteria should be used when deciding whether to focus primarily on punishment? Explain.

 

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