The law defines an observation home as 'a place where a juvenile is kept temporarily after being apprehended by police as well as after obtaining remand from
Juvenile Court or otherwise for conducting inquiry or investigation for the purpose of this Act.'
'Considering the provisions of the Ordinance and being mindful that the Constitution envisages 'the protection of women and children' (clause (3) of Article 25) it would be appropriate to direct that trial of juveniles be concluded by
juvenile courts without delay and appeals against conviction be prioritized and expeditiously decided,' he further observed.
What has not been debated, regardless of their motives, is that Progressive reformers believed that a benevolent state could create benign, nonpunitive, and therapeutic
juvenile courts, distinct from harmful adult correctional schemes.
juvenile courts was rehabilitation over punishment.
(35.) I use the term "juvenile justice" for proceedings in
Juvenile Courts.
But several people with knowledge of the
juvenile court system say it is generally far less harsh than the criminal system that adults enter when they commit crimes.
The Supreme Court of Missouri has issued several decisions elucidating the judicial power granted to the circuit courts (of which
juvenile courts are a part (112)) by the Missouri Constitution.
The judge also said that under the youthful offender law, in cases of a serious violent crime, district attorneys can still seek adult sentences from the
juvenile court that extend beyond age 18.
Members of the CWC and Hull House argued that
juvenile courts could advance their child-saving goals and took the lead in lobbying for and developing the nation's first
juvenile court.
Since retirement in 1971, Colorado
Juvenile Court Judge Ted Palmer has written perceptively about the dilemmas and dynamics of the juvenile justice system.
Mrs M A Cumella, chairman of the
juvenile court, said a short time ago: "A number of magistrate colleagues of mine feel that the
juvenile court neither deters nor reforms the wrongdoers and they share with me a sense of frustration in attempting to carry out their duties in court."
"If established,
Juvenile Courts could give proper hearing to the children who commit crime.
