The juvenile justice system has a number of myths associated with it just as the adult criminal justice system does. Go to http://www.cjcj.org/jjic/myths_facts.php to see some of the juvenile justice myths and the facts. How much does the media have to do with the creation of these myths?
One of the latest trends in the juvenile justice system is to transfer the juvenile to adult court (a process know as remanding). To hear both sides of this process, go to http://www.justicetalking.org/viewprogram.asp?progID=138. This Talking Justice program the issue. What do you think? Should juveniles be tried as adults? You need Real Player installed on the computer you use for this activity.
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