Juvenile Justice: Is it Helping or Hurting? Over the years, juvenile punishment has changed in many ways. Increasing public pressure is the cause of why the system treats juvenile criminals as though they are adults. In comparison with adult courtrooms, similarities as well as differences and pros as well as cons are displayed. Efforts have also been made to prevent juvenile crime in society. However, with juvenile crime increasing year by year, kids are being …showed first 75 words of 1160 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1160 total…has changed. Research supports that early intervention on prevention of juvenile crime is very important and that school systems and the judicial system should concentrate on targeting high risk children and families, holding parents accountable for their children’s actions. Many believe that fitting the crime with the punishment is very important and separating children from adults during punishment is even more important when considering the outcome of the actual punishment. What do you think?