Long-Term
They treated juvenile offenders nearly the same as adults, in the court of law.
”By the 1950's and 1960's public concern grew about the effectiveness of the juvenile justice system, because of the disparities in treatment that resulted from the absolute discretion of juvenile court judges” ( CJCJ ).
The court judges treated the juveniles just as they would an adult and this raised concern in the public. Mostly because the judges had treated adults fairly badly which had made the public reflect on how the court treated kids in the justice system so badly.
Short-Term
legislation and the public started to gain a moral towards young offenders.
” justice system that aims to protect youth and promote their welfare must also adhere to the principles of justice and deal fairly with young offenders” ( National Academic Press ).
Even though the legislature started to gain a consciousness about it since the public had started raising awareness, they had to adhere to the certain rules and had to find workarounds to change the treatment of the juvenile offenders.