Citation

Lee SJ, Kraus LJ. Child Adolesc. Psychiatr. Clin. N. Am. 2016; 25(1): 41-47.

Affiliation

Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Autism Assessment, Research, and Treatment Services [AARTS] Center, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 West Jackson Street, Suite 603, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.chc.2015.08.011

PMID

26593117

Abstract

The first juvenile court was founded in 1899 with the focus on rehabilitation of a juvenile offender as opposed to punishment in adult court. Determining culpability and disposition for adolescents has become a source of much discussion. With serious crimes, juvenile delinquents may be transferred from juvenile justice court to adult criminal court; this practice became more prevalent in the past century. However, growing knowledge of adolescent development has mitigated the culpability of youth offenders and resulted in judicial decisions influential to juvenile dispositions.

Language: en