s goal is prevention rather than rehabilitation. Children must learn that they are accountable for their actions. Our system is lacking when we do not teach them that their actions do have significant consequences. A young child who runs across a busy street will most certainly face immediate punishment at the hands of his mother. The same should go for a juvenile offender the first time he breaks the law. The juvenile justice system should step in and mandate programs that will education these children and prevent them from steering into a life of crime. In
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