Discussion Reply should be 500 words each and include correct usage of APA format, your Christian world view, and relevant in-text support for both. Also, include a reference at the conclusion of each response in proper APA format.

*justin h.

Abstract

This paper will discuss the juvenile justice system, the Uniform Juvenile Court Act, delinquency, and unruly juveniles. Juvenile crimes are complex, and many issues arise when discussing offenses and rehabilitation. Consistency is critical when handling underage offenders and different avenues must be explored in order to encompass the true proactive and reactive controls that are in place. Juveniles can be charged as delinquent, unruly, and deprived, according to the Uniform Juvenile Court Act of 1968 and this act has given power to the law enforcement, courts, judges, and guardians in order to lessen the chances of criminality and offer opportunities to rehabilitate juvenile defendants. This paper will also discuss curfew violations and the two different avenues that can be utilized in order to ensure compliance and set forth rehabilitative measures, if called for. A biblical perspective will also be illustrated in order to understand the Holy Bible’s perspective on guardianship and the importance of God’s instructions to parents of children and their raising.

Keywords:  Uniform Juvenile Court Act, Unruly, Delinquent

Juvenile Delinquency: The Scope of the Courts

The Uniform Juvenile Court Act (1968)is an act whose purpose was to develop and implement clarification and uniformity in the United States’ juvenile justice system (Cox, Allen, Hanser, & Conrad, 2018). According to Quinn (2015), a conflict of ideology has existed since the inception of the juvenile justice system regarding policies, purpose, and operation. The United States and their juvenile justice system are not consistently uniform due to the differences in state legislatures, standard operating procedures, regulations, and codes. Every court and their respective jurisdictional bounds operate under their legal and procedural state boundaries but under federal guidelines. However, the United States and the present-day juvenile criminal justice system has a rehabilitative state of mind and can handle cases that involve juvenile delinquency, neglect, abuse, and dependency (Cox et al., 2018). These uniformities come from the Uniform Juvenile Court Act (1968). Also, this act has given power to other individuals charged with the guardianship of juveniles, and many jurisdictions have provided multiple scenarios in which a juvenile can be charged with in this scope.

Scope of Juvenile Courts Act and Delinquency

The scope of the juvenile court act set forth legal precedence over juveniles, their age, jurisdiction, waivers, and legal definitions (Cox et al., 2018). The Uniform Juvenile Court Act (1968) declares and defines juvenile delinquency in three distinctive categories (delinquent, deprived, and unruly) (Cox et al., 2018). A delinquent child is a child, under the age of 18, that has committed crimes, other than minor traffic offenses, and needs for the courts to intervene in order to offer rehabilitation. However, an individual who is 21 and under can be tried in a juvenile court if the defendant was under the age of 18 at the time of formal charges (Cox et al., 2018). Curfew violations would fall under the category of delinquency and most jurisdictions, if not all, have state laws and regulations that dictate the times in which a juvenile should be home or under the careful direction of a capable guardian.

According to Cox et al. (2018), a “delinquent act means an act designated a crime under the law, including local [ordinances] or [resolutions] of this state, or of another state, if the act occurred in that state, or under federal law, and the crime does not fall under paragraph (jii) of subsection (4) [and is not a juvenile traffic offense as defined in section 44] [and the crime is not a traffic offense as defined in Traffic Code of the State] other than [designate the more serious offenses which should be included in the jurisdiction of the juvenile court such as drunken driv