Kramer points out that the juvenile justice system while adequately dealing with the typical nonviolent criminal during the 50's, has been grossly outdated by the insurgence of the more violent youthful offenders of today. ... Proposals of open trial access to the public and media as well as faster interventions and sanctions subsequent to juvenile crimes follow, as the author cuts a clear path towards improvement and revitalization for today's unjust juvenile justice system. ...

• Word Count: 255
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Indeed, an important point to understand about the nature of delinquency, and particularly female delinquency, is that youth can be taken into custody for both criminal acts and a wide variety of what are called "status offenses." ... Juvenile delinquents, then, are youths arrested for either criminal or non-criminal status offenses. ... It appears that girls charged with these non-criminal status offenses have been and continue to be significantly "over-represented in court population." ... To the point the sanctions for such misbehavior were extremely severe. ...

• Word Count: 1850
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate