Juvenile Delinquency

Assignment 1: A cornerstone of learning juvenile justice includes understanding the difference in treatment of juveniles who enter the system, versus adults who enter the system.  Initially, protective rights were not extended to juveniles.  However, through the process of appeal and evaluation by The Supreme Court, juveniles were extended many of the same rights and protections given to adults who came into the formal legal system.  Read Kent v US and write a legal brief.  A legal brief requires the following: the case title, statement of the issue of the case, the details of the case background, and the way in which the court ruled, with an explanation supporting that ruling.  Two pages are required in APA format to include a title page, in-text citations, and a reference page. 

Assignment 2: The “moral panic” and houses of refuge were an early starting point that led to the development of a juvenile justice system.  Describe the “moral panic” that led to the founding of the houses of refuge. Who were the leaders of this movement, and what did they hope to accomplish?  How did this approach contribute to the result of a juvenile justice system?  What led to the creation of the first juvenile court in America in 1899? What did the early juvenile justice system look like, and how did it function differently from the adults system?

Reading for assignment 1: Anti-Racist Juvenile Justice System. (2022, March 2). [Video]. YouTube.A