User:Alexandria Paliszewski/sandbox

Article Evaluation


 * Evaluating content:
 * Everything in this article is relevant to the topic of the article, the "reform" section of the article distracted me the most because it was the longest part of the article that was very dense with information and history of juvenile court. All of the information in this article is up to date, the only reference that was not from the 2000's was in 1991, and it related to a case of abolishing the juvenile justice court. I believe that the section labeled "court procedure" could include a lot more information. I was on the jury of a juvenile court in High School, and there is a lot more that goes on that could be included here by finding the right articles about it.
 * Evaluating tone:
 * For the majority of this article, the viewpoints are neutral stating information and facts of the juvenile court, and juvenile justice without any of the authors biases/unbiased opinion. Under the section of "reform" there is a biased claim against juvenile courts based on children's rights, but I do not believe this claim was overrepresented, I think it is an important part of juvenile justice.
 * Evaluating sources:
 * All of the citations and references links do work and will direct you to that specific article. I think that where the sources are linked in the article is very appropriate, I do not see any problem with claims not being supported by references. Each fact that was referenced throughout the article directed me to its own article page, where I found information that was reliable that supported the validity of the Juvenile Court article. Every source that I checked out came from wikipedia, I was never directed to another webpage or any other website besides Wikipedia. Under the "mandatory minimum sentencing" the references were biased against mandatory minimum sentences for juveniles, and the author of this article noted that this reference supported the claim that mandatory minimum sentences for juveniles are "unconstitutional".
 * Checking the talk page
 * I found multiple conversations about how this topic could be represented with more history of the juvenile court rather than so many facts. I also found comments about adding to the article about how adults affect juveniles. There were multiple questions that were asked about the age of juvenile offenders, or just clarifications in general. This article is part of the "WikiProject Sociology" rated start-class, also part of the "WikiProject Law" rated start-class mid-importance, and part of the "WikiProject Law Enforcement" rated start-class. Wikipedia talks about this topic is very detailed claims, with a lot of sources and different places to go for more information or clarification, as related to class.

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