Kent v. United States - Significance, A Social Ill, Emotionally Ill, A System Ill, Juvenile Justice; Or How A Survey Can Influence An Act Of Congress

Kent v. United States - Significance

Kent v. United States - Further Readings

Kent v. United States - A Social Ill

The problem with Kent's case, however, was that it was technically less a "crime" than a "social problem" under the formative guidelines of the juvenile court system. The early twentieth century heralded the formal creation of a separate judicial system for youthful offenders in the United States. Its aim was rehabilitation rather than punishment, and the juvenile courts were designed to provide a…

Kent v. United States - Emotionally Ill

Kent's counsel also asked that his client be moved to another facility for psychiatric evaluation, and this was done. Staff at two hospitals wrote reports describing Kent as severely emotionally ill. However, instead of the waiver hearing his attorney had requested, the juvenile court judge issued an order waiving jurisdiction on the basis of a "full investigation," and the case moved to district …

Kent v. United States - A System Ill

More importantly than just ruling that juvenile offenders had the right to a waiver hearing, as well as access to their Social Service records, Fortas's opinion brought a new era of change to the juvenile justice system in the United States. The ruling, in essence, allowed that certain due-process procedures must still be followed even though a juvenile court case is technically a civil case, not …

Kent v. United States - Juvenile Justice; Or How A Survey Can Influence An Act Of Congress

In 1966, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) conducted a survey of juvenile and adult facilities, as well as aspects of juvenile probation and aftercare. From this pivotal study emerged, eight years later, elements of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act of 1974. At the time the NCCD conducted its survey, only seven percent of the nation's juvenile court juri…