The Legal System Of School - 1438 Words

Through the seventeenth and eighteenth century, multiple developments that occurred in England aided in the advancements and recognition of children’s rights. Over time, these advancements affected the juvenile legal system as it emerged in America. These changes include changes in family style and child care, the English Poor Laws, the apprenticeship movement, and the role of the chancery court. (Siegel and Welsh) Changes in family structure made a huge difference with children’s rights. Marriage became based on love and mutual attraction which changed the concepts of marriage. The change in family structure influenced the way children were being treated. Children started to go to school, and become educated. The punishment systems of†¦show more content†¦During the nineteenth century, reformers known as child savers formed community programs to serve needy children and eventually lobbied for a separate legal system with eventually formed the juvenile justice system. It is important to treat adult and juvenile offenders differently because juvenile offenders need help and treatment, compared to adults who need to be punished for their actions. Children that commit crimes are in need of care, custody, and treatment by the state. The only time juveniles should, and are, treated the same as adults is when they commit serious crimes. Under these circumstances, legal jurisdiction is transferred to adult court for criminal prosecution. After committing serious crimes, most juveniles are most likely to commit them again. That is why they should be tried as adults, and be punished as adults. When juveniles commit serious crimes, it is too late for treatment. 2. When experts want to find answers about delinquency they measure them through primary and secondary sources. These sources and data sets are important in understanding delinquency and telling us about young crime and victimization. The primary sources of data that experts rely on are official records, victim surveys, and self-report surveys. A lot of the important information collected about delinquent behavior comes from local law enforcement by the FBI, or is published yearly in their Uniform Crime Report (UCR).