Justice System Position Paper
Amber Spencer
CJS240
August 19, 2012
John Beazoglou

Justice System Position Paper
Schools are filled with gangs, violence, weapons and drugs. The illegal opportunities are surrounding the children of today. Some children grown up in very attentive homes where their parents are involved with their schooling, friends and activities and then we have those parents who are less attentive and preoccupied with their own needs and wants. There has been some question to weather the juvenile system should focus on rehabilitation or punishment, my stand is that they should most defiantly focus on rehabilitation more so than punishment.
I have come to find though our learning’s and discussions that not all delinquent children choose to do so for the want of being “bad” or defiant but rather to feel complete, needed and wanted. We see this pattern more so in those who choose to become a member or a gang. I feel that when this is the case they should not be punished but rather redirected, counseled, and educated on why they are choosing a life of crime for their future rather than choosing to be a full functioning member and assent to the community. Each child is different just as their choices and reasoning’s are and should be rehabilitated according to their needs so that they can become our positive future rather than our future inmates.
When rehabilitation is used it corrects the reason of why someone is choosing to be delinquent, and this in most cases prevents further delinquent decisions and activities. Rehabilitation would help with all aspects of the justice system. Law enforcement agents would have fewer run-ins with the same suspects which would lead to less arrest of repeat offenders. With fewer repeat offenders the court’s would have less cases to process with repeat offenders, and for those cases that are new they would