Ashley Rollins
May 24, 2016
CCJS Juvenile Delinquency 350 6380
Instructor: Jack Monell

Comparison Paper
Juvenile Justice & Adult Justice Systems

The juvenile and adult justice system are similar but very much different. A juvenile is a child under the legal age, however depending of the crime the juvenile has committed they could be charge as an adult, in criminal court. In most cases when juveniles is arrested and charged with committing a crime or a delinquent act, it will take place in family court and that is where the trial, conviction, sentencing and rehabilitation process will start. The juvenile system thinks juveniles are not mature, but many think they could have a better chance at life if they are enter into a detention/rehabilitation center. With juveniles committing more serious and violent crimes nowadays, being sentenced and tried as an adult, it’s becoming hard again to tell the difference between the two groups. I will like to discuss the similarities and differences between the two.
Juvenile and Adult justice system are differences in the beginning starting with being arrested. Juveniles get arrest, police need to make a quick decision whether to let the juvenile go or have the juvenile go to court, but going to court only depends on the crime that the juvenile has committed. “Cases involving serious crimes against property or persons are often referred to court. Less serious crimes, such as disputes between juvenile, runaways, and assaults of minors are often redirected from court action (Clarke, 1999)”. “In most state the policies and procedures of arrest remain the same for juveniles and adults” (Michon, 2015). Since minors are not adults there case does not go in the public eye, instead a judge makes all the decision in their cases. When a juvenile is place in custody with the law, certain legal right come in play, for