In the past when a window was broken by the neighbor kid it was dealt with between the parents and the neighbor. Now authorities are called. The juvenile system is designed to rehabilitate not to punish. Punishment does not fit into the juvenile system very well. The purpose of the juvenile justice system is to protect society more effectively by attempting to rehabilitate not just punish children who commit crimes.
Juvenile courts work with law enforcement prosecution and defense attorneys.
The courts will try to ensure that the child learns from his or her experience and returns to community as a productive citizen, without having suffered permanent harm. Poverty, racial tensions, family conflict, peer pressure, mental or physical disabilities, or inadequate educational opportunities may individually or collectively by factors that negatively affect the development of a child. Fights between siblings are not unusual but if physical violence is repeatedly tolerated in the home children may think that violence is the right way to solve problems. Many gang members tried to make peace in the city since the riots of 1992. Gang members meet in parks to try and find solutions to the problem of juvenile violence.