Talk:American juvenile justice system

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 January 2019 and 26 April 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Peer reviewers: Lmullins19.

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Peer review and responses during the educational assignment in Winter 2015
Overall, I really like how clear and well laid out your article is. You might want to consider adding an informational graph or table. It seems as though juvenile crime has fluctuated over time. Is there anyway for your group to research further into what those number are? Hopefully there is newer data than what is cited from 2011. Additionally, the article breaks down the relevant population by race, but this material could also possibly be represented in a pie chart. Hopefully this helps. Maryellen.clare (talk) 00:29, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Question: Is it possible to link to section within our own article and if so, how? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayoubjes (talk • contribs) 21:54, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

American Juvenile Justice System Updates
Hello! As part of a course assignment, I will be editing this page to be more representative of the American Juvenile Justice System and to increase the depth of the article. Ayoubjes (talk) 22:00, 22 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Good idea. One thing that should be addressed in this article is that the choice is not always between not charging the juvenile with a crime and charging in the Juvenile Justice System. The choice is frequently one of whether the juvenile should be tried in adult or juvenile court. Juvenile court is more focused on rehabilitation than adult court and thus the punishments tend to be less severe than the equivalent crime in an adult court. There are other ways in which the Juvenile Justice System can be more advantageous to a defendant. These include, e.g., incarceration that ends when the juvenile reaches majority and a criminal record that isn't easily discoverable. However, with time, there has been a societal tendency to push the trials of even very young children to adult court when the crime that has been committed is particularly violent or heinous. This article focuses on the disadvantages of a Juvenile Justice System, without addressing the advantages. Juvenile trials may be more informal and this presents both advantages and disadvantages to the defendants. The article also seems to rely heavily, perhaps even over-rely, on one source, Finley. ("The American juvenile justice system today is characterized by controversy." - but only Finley's views are discussed as part of this controversy. You normally need at least two sides to have a controversy. Otherwise, it's just criticism.) Good luck. Ileanadu (talk) 05:06, 8 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Also, might want to bring back some of the basic description and early history as it appeared at about this point: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_juvenile_justice_system&diff=526434609&oldid=524059112


 * I don't know that the 1980s is necessarily the time when American society began to be disenchanted with the Juvenile Justice System. The "Gee, Officer Krupke" song in West Side Story, which was composed/written in the late 1950s presents the different views/approaches to juvenile crime at that time.


 * Some good sources of information include:
 * Juvenile Court Statistics 1999: Celebrating 100 Years of the Juvenile Court, 1899-1999, https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/201241.pdf
 * The National Criminal Justice Reference System (NCJRS), Juvenile Justice, https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Topics/Topic.aspx?topicid=129
 * NCJRS, Special Feature - Youth Violence, https://www.ncjrs.gov/yviolence/
 * NCJRS, Special Feature - Youth Violence - Statistics, https://www.ncjrs.gov/yviolence/statistics.html
 * How Juveniles Get to Criminal Court, https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/Abstract.aspx?ID=150309


 * Ileanadu (talk) 06:08, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

by rJay
Hello, this is rJay. I've decided to renovate this page. Is there a way to re-make the page or change the title? It was poorly done. This page needs a lot of work. I'll work on it over the next few days, and see what I can come up with. RJay (official) (talk) 19:43, 22 September 2012 (UTC)


 * this page is unsalvageable, and wants deletion!Toyokuni3 (talk) 23:25, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Proposed New Article
I am a student at Rice University in Houston, TX, and as part of a class assignment was thinking of creating a new article on the Juvenile Justice System in the United States. Because this article has multiple issues with citation, quality, and objectivity. It has been suggested that the article be deleted entirely. I thought it would be a good idea to write a new article that covered issues the original does not, and that would allow the current one to be removed. My proposed contribution provide an broader overview of the juvenile justice system with regards to how adolescents are tried, as well as methods of juvenile punishment other than incarceration (for example, I would describe the use and effectiveness of alternative schools). My proposed article would include sections on the History and Background of the juvenile justice system; the demographic makeup of adolescents in the juvenile justice system by race, gender, and socioeconomic status; criticisms of the juvenile justice system and its relationship to adult crime (are people in tried and convicted in the system more likely to engage in criminal activity as adults); and proposed reforms to the system in general. I would greatly appreciate feedback and ideas on how to expand information and discussion on this topic. Thank you! LHall19 (talk) 01:37, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

New Article
I rewrote this article as part of a class assignment LHall19 (talk) 02:54, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

This is a great start to the article! The breakdown of sections is strong and content overall. Some improvements can be made in sourcing, since many of the footnotes seem to rely on the same sources. Perhaps adding an illustration would help as well along with more information in the demographics section and justifications offered for the current juvenile justice system.Katcai02 (talk) 22:45, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Great topic! The historical background is really great, although I would expand the 1980’s-present day section because it seems to be limited to the 1990s. Additionally, including or expanding a section on the long-term consequences of the justice system on juvenile delinquents would make this topic even more relevant. The demographics section is really well-researched, but perhaps rounding numbers may make them easier to read (just a suggestion). On the whole, a fantastic contribution to Wikipedia. --Hhoover42 (talk) 03:40, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

New Updates to Page (2017)
Hello,

As part of a course during the Spring 2017 semester I will be adding some portions to the current page and clearing up some of the dialogue. I would also like to work on making the article more impartial and adding more current data/information.

Ilee26 (talk) 01:08, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Further Updates Spring (2017)
I also would like to add to this page as part of a course. Specifically I would like to add a section on girls in the US juvenile justice system, describing recent demographics and trends. I would then include a link in that section of the page to the page "gender responsive approach for girls in the juvenile justice system. Rcotterj (talk) 19:56, 4 May 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
This article is the subject of an educational assignment at Rice University supported by the Wikipedia Ambassador Program&#32;during the 2012 Q4 term. Further details are available on the course page.

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