Prikaz Stranih Iskustava Overview of Arizona Juvenile Justice System

The United States juvenile justice system owes its existence to the first juvenile court established in Illinois in1899 to fill the socioeconomic and, most importantly, parental needs of delinquent juveniles who found themselves in state detention. The primary goal was to offer such disadvantaged children protection against physical and psychological harms and the supervision and guidance they needed to become productive citizens. The new court was to achieve this goal through rehabilitation, the promotion of the best interest of the child, the exercise of emotional love, and the provision of physical care for delinquent minors. Indeed up to the early 1980s, juvenile courts were primarily concerned with the embodiment of the principle of parens patriae and or with the role of delinquent juveniles’ benevolent protector; however, these critical roles were challenged by allegations of the court’s failing to protect society from the mischievous deeds of delinquent juveniles.