Explain The Five Periods Of Juvenile Justice History
There are 5 periods of the juvenile justice history. These periods consists of Puritan Period, Refuge Period, Juvenile Court Period, Juvenile Rights Period, and Crime Control Period.
The Puritan Period was from 1646-1824. This period is where the family had control on how the juvenile was punished. The puritan philosophy for juvenile behavior was enacted during this time. They also passed the Stubborn Child Law which mad the first status offense, an act considered illegal for minors only. If you were under the age of 7 you couldn’t be guilty of felony, but if you were 8 years old you could be guilty of a felony. According to the common law then a youth fewer than 14 may be adjudged incapable of discerning right from wrong it appeared to …show more content…
There was not many chooses back then so children no matter the age or gender was and genders were confined with the older and tough adult convicts and the mentally ill juveniles were put in an overcrowded and broken-down strict institutions. Then they had to place children that wasn’t bad or being delinquent in the same jail, because they did not have no other choice. During that time they were also dealing with a high rate of child neglect. So they decided they would try to put together an organization call Prevention of Pauperism. This would try to stop them for using jails and prisons to put non convict children and try to build another institution. Doing that led to them the NY House of Refuge. This institution was built to take in poor, homeless, needy children who they claimed was heading down the path of being a delinquent. Soon after they built other institutions helping and taking in …show more content…
During this time they were saying children was not bad by inheritance, but by the society and the environment. They felt that parents were responsible for their children being obedient. The main reason of juvenile court was to provide rehabilitation and protective supervision for youth back then. They used the court as a place where the child would get individualized attention from a concerned judge. Court hearings were easy going and they used different options to see how each case would be handled. The parents and the public started to wonder about the success of the juvenile justice system, especially because of the inequalities in treatment that was being caused by the decisions of juvenile court judges. The juvenile court act brought in probation and probation officers. The officer was brought up to help juveniles. Social workers were the kids probation officers and after research they came up with the same solution that kids behavior stemmed from the family and society. They came up with the Juvenile Court Act. The act stipulated that the courts were to separate the records and procedures. It was said that because the children was a ward to the state they were perceived to be without constitutional rights. The act was made so that the care custody and discipline of the children would take place by the parent. Custody or
The Puritan Period was from 1646-1824. This period is where the family had control on how the juvenile was punished. The puritan philosophy for juvenile behavior was enacted during this time. They also passed the Stubborn Child Law which mad the first status offense, an act considered illegal for minors only. If you were under the age of 7 you couldn’t be guilty of felony, but if you were 8 years old you could be guilty of a felony. According to the common law then a youth fewer than 14 may be adjudged incapable of discerning right from wrong it appeared to …show more content…
There was not many chooses back then so children no matter the age or gender was and genders were confined with the older and tough adult convicts and the mentally ill juveniles were put in an overcrowded and broken-down strict institutions. Then they had to place children that wasn’t bad or being delinquent in the same jail, because they did not have no other choice. During that time they were also dealing with a high rate of child neglect. So they decided they would try to put together an organization call Prevention of Pauperism. This would try to stop them for using jails and prisons to put non convict children and try to build another institution. Doing that led to them the NY House of Refuge. This institution was built to take in poor, homeless, needy children who they claimed was heading down the path of being a delinquent. Soon after they built other institutions helping and taking in …show more content…
During this time they were saying children was not bad by inheritance, but by the society and the environment. They felt that parents were responsible for their children being obedient. The main reason of juvenile court was to provide rehabilitation and protective supervision for youth back then. They used the court as a place where the child would get individualized attention from a concerned judge. Court hearings were easy going and they used different options to see how each case would be handled. The parents and the public started to wonder about the success of the juvenile justice system, especially because of the inequalities in treatment that was being caused by the decisions of juvenile court judges. The juvenile court act brought in probation and probation officers. The officer was brought up to help juveniles. Social workers were the kids probation officers and after research they came up with the same solution that kids behavior stemmed from the family and society. They came up with the Juvenile Court Act. The act stipulated that the courts were to separate the records and procedures. It was said that because the children was a ward to the state they were perceived to be without constitutional rights. The act was made so that the care custody and discipline of the children would take place by the parent. Custody or