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LESSON 5 DISCUSSION 2 Lesson 5 Discussion Juvenile drug courts began by emulating adult drug courts that started out in the sunset years of the 1980s and sprouted into the early 1990s. Their existence came by to effectively divert the system by providing an area where juveniles could receive fair trial. The system was veering off from sending juveniles to incarceration by ensuring that they institute a system that constitutes drug testing, treatment, family reconnections and linkages to the surrounding community (Taylor & Fritsch, 2020). Juveniles, therefore, found a new place to receive legal punishment that aimed to transform them into the responsible people that they were before. Incarceration was now left for the adult offenders because they understood what they put themselves through to earn such punishments. Juvenile courts have earned massive success due to different primary reasons. They have managed to rehabilitate delinquents into restoring their sense of responsibility (Taylor & Fritsch, 2020). During incarceration, the emotional torture becomes unbearable for children when all they need is guidance, mentorship and discipline. The courts help in these processes by exempting such emotional trauma to the victims by providing them with a safe haven to transform to responsible people (Champion, 2001). These courts also provide the pathway into great mentorship that originates from different mentors that can change the mindset of the delinquents to become rational people. They have helped in the transformation of many delinquents that only performed different deviant acts due to peer pressure and the unnecessary need for gang affiliation. These delinquents only need people that act as mentors and show them the right way to manage different stressors in their lives (Cooper, 2001). Incarceration renders them lonely and

LESSON 5 DISCUSSION 3 dejected when they are still youngsters. These courts have, therefore, cultivated a fortified foundation for the rehabilitation of delinquents because they give the youngsters a second chance.

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LESSON 5 DISCUSSION 4 References Champion, D. J. (2001). The juvenile justice system: Delinquency, processing, and the law . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Cooper, C. S. (2001). Juvenile drug court programs . US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program. Taylor, R. W. & Fritsch, E. J. (2020). Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs, and Practices , 5th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education.

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