Comments on: Juvenile Justice Revamp Would Focus On Prevention, Diversion http://www.northescambia.com/2013/10/juvenile-justice-revamp-would-focus-on-prevention-diversion Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:22:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cj http://www.northescambia.com/2013/10/juvenile-justice-revamp-would-focus-on-prevention-diversion/comment-page-1#comment-228918 cj Fri, 11 Oct 2013 19:44:49 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=155544#comment-228918 I worked in the system for years and saw it explode when little things became major things - good kids except for a brief second when a temper might have flared and where things could have been worked out were then marked for life. - we need to get back to good decision making. I worked in the system for years and saw it explode when little things became major things – good kids except for a brief second when a temper might have flared and where things could have been worked out were then marked for life. – we need to get back to good decision making.

]]> By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2013/10/juvenile-justice-revamp-would-focus-on-prevention-diversion/comment-page-1#comment-228773 David Huie Green Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:19:12 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=155544#comment-228773 We have hurt young criminals by putting them in jail? By the way, the practice of withholding adjudication is very nearly the same concept but with sharp teeth. In effect the judge says, "You and I both know you are guilty, but if you will do these things and not commit any other crimes for the next few years, I'll let it pass. If you insist in throwing away this opportunity, I will hit you with the full force of the law. The ball's in your court." Please consider their outcomes depend on their choices. Those choices depend greatly on their values. To protect them from the corrupting influence of older criminals, though, isolation during incarceration might help. David for keeping bad kids from bad kids and bad adults We have hurt young criminals by putting them in jail?

By the way, the practice of withholding adjudication is very nearly the same concept but with sharp teeth. In effect the judge says, “You and I both know you are guilty, but if you will do these things and not commit any other crimes for the next few years, I’ll let it pass. If you insist in throwing away this opportunity, I will hit you with the full force of the law. The ball’s in your court.”

Please consider their outcomes depend on their choices. Those choices depend greatly on their values.

To protect them from the corrupting influence of older criminals, though, isolation during incarceration might help.

David for keeping bad kids from bad kids and bad adults

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