Assignment:
Include an analysis of the historical trends in juvenile crimes and explore why the juvenile crime rate has increased/decreased year after year since 1980.
Describe the trend in juvenile delinquency and analyze the impact of the work being done by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Analyze the impact of various programs, laws, and movements that led to the modern juvenile justice system.
Explain and link the philosophy of parens patriae to the early juvenile court system.n addition, the report should also include an analysis of the impact of various programs, laws, and movements that led to the modern juvenile justice system. One of these laws is the parens patriae.
Read the support material on the parens patriae doctrine wherein the state is referred to as the guardian of minors and incompetent people.