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Article: The debate over the future of juvenile courts: can we reach consensus?(Symposium on the Future of the Juvenile Court)
- Article from:
- Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
- Article date:
- September 22, 1997
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I. INTRODUCTION
In 1999 we will observe the centennial of the first juvenile court. It was founded in Chicago, Illinois by a group of reformers in reaction to the deprivation and abuse suffered by children in the adult criminal justice system.(1) These reformers believed that children and adolescents were fundamentally different from adults, and that non-penal environments were necessary for most delinquent children in order to steer them to productive and crime-free lives. The founders of the Illinois juvenile Court were more concerned about the nature of the services provided to delinquent, neglected, and abused children than they were about the new ...