NCJ Number
38832
Date Published
1974
Length
0 pages
Annotation
A JUDGE, A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, AND A POLICE OFFICER DISCUSS THEIR ROLES AND THE FUTURE OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Abstract
THE FIRST SPEAKER, A JUDGE, DISCUSSES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGAL RIGHTS OF CHILDREN. IN MANY CASES THE CHILD IS VIEWED AS THE PROPERTY OF ITS PARENTS, BUT, GIVEN THAT THE HOME IS THE CENTER OF CHILD ABUSE, A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST APPROACH IS NECESSARY TO THE EXERCISE OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. IN THE FACE OF INCREASED JUVENILE VIOLENCE, THE JUDGE REJECTS DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION AS THE PANACEA. RATHER, LEAA MUST PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES. THE SPEAKER SEES THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE LATE SEVENTIES PRIMARILY INFLUENCED BY A CONSERVATIVE HUMANISTIC OUTLOOK. A DISTRICT ATTORNEY CALLS FOR SOCIETY TO INFLUENCE THE PARENT TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR HIS CHILDREN, NOT TO BE THEIR FRIENDS. PARENTS MUST BE INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN, BUT IN THE ROLE OF PARENTS. PARENTS MUST REALIZE THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE NOT PERFECT BECAUSE BY REFUSING TO RECOGNIZE FAULTS THEY ARE DOING SOCIETY AND THE CHILDREN A DISSERVICE. A POLICE OFFICER STATES THAT ALL POLICE, AND ESPECIALLY POLICE WHO DEAL WITH JUVENILES, MUST BE EDUCATED. THEY NEED TO INSPIRE CONFIDENCE IN THE JUVENILE BECAUSE THEY ARE OFTEN THE JUVENILE'S FIRST CONTACT WITH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. SEE NCJ-38833-37 FOR OTHER TAPES IN THIS SERIES....PLO