If a juvenile decides to committ a crime, then they should expect to recieve fair and justifiable punishment. I think that we as a society have too many excuses for people in general to commit crimes. If we could just get back to more severe punishments, and stop worrying about criminals constitutional rights, we would have far less crime on the street, and less congested court systems. I think that we should first look at the changes in our societies. I feel the increase in juvenile deliquency has alot to do with lack of good parenting skills.
Kids have to know that there are consequences for everything they do.
The punishment has got to hurt where these kids will feel it. There cannot be any leniency within the juvenile system because these deliquents just return to commit more crimes. I don't believe they take it seriously. If a child is shown from the time it can walk and talk who is boss then the tendency to commit crime is lessened. If your child, for example, sneaks out of the house at night, nail their windows shut.