JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

Juvenile Delinquency and the Rule Breaking It

Juvenile delinquency is the participation of illegal behaviour by minors. A
Juvenile delinquent is a person, who is considered as minor by the law (usually
below 18), and has found to have committed a crime and may not be sentenced
as an adult. However, Depending on the type and severity of the offense
committed and of which law governs, it is possible for persons under 18 to be
charged and tried as adults
Juveniles can be transferred into adult court if the law that governs the case
allows such to happen. State statutes creating juvenile courts and providing
methods for dealing with juvenile delinquency have generally been upheld by
courts as an acceptable extension of state police power to ensure the safety and
welfare of children. The doctrine of parens patriae authorizes the state to
legislate for the protection, care, custody, and maintenance of children within its
jurisdiction
One of the forms of juvenile delinquency
The Juvenile Justice System: Past and Present
The juvenile court and its philosophy of treating minors who violate the
criminal law differently than adults are barely a century old.
Historically, juvenile criminals were treated the same as adult criminals.
The Philippine Revised Penal Code provided for the exemption of
minors from incurring criminal liability. The provision under this code
has undergone amendments and as of 2006, RA 9344 has become the
law that guides the criminal justice system in handling criminal cases
involving children in the Philippines.
 The enactment of the Revised Penal Code is based on American Laws. In the past,
prior to the Creation of the Juvenile Court, punishment was the central criminal
law philosophy in English common law. A conclusive presumption that children
under seven could not form criminal intent eliminated the youngest from the
criminal justice system. Children between the ages of seven and fourteen were
presumed incompetent to form the requisite criminal intent; the prosecutor,
however, could rebut that presumption by demonstrating that the child knew the
difference between right and wrong. Children over age fourteen were presumed
to have the capacity to form criminal intent. There were no special courts for
children, and they were treated as adult criminals. Minors were arrested, held in
custody, and tried and sentenced by a court that had discretion to order the child
imprisoned in the same jail as adult criminals. Although children received the
same punishment as adults, they were not provided with many of the due
process protections accorded adult criminals. For instance, minors did not have a
right to "bail, indictment by grand jury, [and] right to a public trial.
 IN THE PAST
In the past, prior to the Creation of the
Juvenile Court, punishment was the central
criminal law philosophy in English common
law. A conclusive presumption that children
under seven could not form criminal intent
eliminated the youngest from the criminal
justice system. Children between the ages of
seven and fourteen were presumed
incompetent to form the requisite criminal
intent; the prosecutor, however, could rebut
that presumption by demonstrating that the
child knew the difference between right and
wrong. Children over age fourteen were
presumed to have the capacity to form
criminal intent.
IN THE PRESENT
In the present, more increase than in the
past. Mostly people pretend dont know
about the punishment, and then mostly
people nosel, right now mostly country
change the illegall goods became illegall for
example in Netherland, the agent illegall
there want to destroy children in Indonesia
for specially. And the most sell about it down
in Indonesia . Most people in Indonesia
consume it. How to awareness the
government in Indonesia for hold on the
illegal goods came again