Author Question: The Illinois Juvenile Court Act was a major event in the juvenile justice movement. Provide the ... (Read 91 times)

james9437 · **on:** Aug 12, 2018

The Illinois Juvenile Court Act was a major event in the juvenile justice movement. Provide the motivating principles and key provisions of the act.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Legal ethics is of critical importance because

a. the American legal system is based on the adversarial system.
b. the American legal system is based on the confrontational system.
c. the American legal system is based on the legalistic system.
d. the American legal system is based on the acrimonious system.

aidanmbrowne · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 12, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The principles motivating the Illinois reformers were these:
1 . Children should not be held as accountable as adult transgressors.
2 . The objective of the juvenile justice system is to treat and rehabilitate rather than punish.
3 . Disposition should be predicated on analysis of the youth's special circumstances and needs.
4 . The system should avoid the trappings of the adult criminal process with all its confusing rules and procedures.

The key provisions of the act were these:
1 . A separate court was established for delinquent and neglected children.
2 . Special procedures were developed to govern the adjudication of juvenile matters.
3 . Children were to be separated from adults in courts and in institutional programs.
4 . Probation programs were to be developed to assist the court in making decisions in the best interests of the state and the child.

Answer to Question 2

A