Article: Justice for children: how do we get there?(Symposium on the Future of the Juvenile Court)

I. INTRODUCTION

A. THE CONTEXT

This article is the response of a lawyer who represents children charged with crimes in juvenile court to those who call for the abolition of the juvenile court(1) and for placing increased criminal responsibility upon delinquent youth.(2) I argue that the juvenile court and the juvenile justice system (including community-based support programs for children and families) should be retained after being reinvigorated with both financial and human resources.(3) These investments will allow the juvenile courts to perform credibly--even when dealing with the relatively few "serious" or "violent" offenders who now pass ...

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