| A | B |
|---|
| Juvenile delinquents | people 18 years of age or younger who commit a crime or statutory offense |
| Absence of legal guilt | juveniles are not found guilty of crimes but are found delinquent |
| Absence of public scrunity | Juvenile proceedings and records are generally closed to the public |
| no long term incarceration | terms of confinement for juveniles are considerably shorter than those for adults |
| separateness | the juvenile system is kept seperate from the adult criminal just system |
| speed and flexibility | deliquency cases are disposed of more quickly than comparable adult criminal cases |
| one of the reasons children join gangs | abusive home life |
| the concept of fixing the problem instead of punishment | treatment rather than punishment |
