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Learning Objective 13.1 Discuss the history of the juvenile justice system

Web Link: Juvenile Justice History
Summary: Website for the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

Learning Objective 13.2 Compare the two different case types that the juvenile court has jurisdiction over

Video Link: Affluenza teen Ethan Couch may be jailed for nearly 2 years
Summary: A Texas teenager who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck was ordered Wednesday to serve 720 days in a county jail.

Learning Objective 13.3 Discuss the process of cases in the juvenile court

Video Link: Cuyahoga County starts new system for booking and processing juvenile offenders
Summary: Video highlights the changes in booking and processing juvenile offenders.

Learning Objective 13.4 Identify the U.S. Supreme Court cases and decisions that established due process in the juvenile court

Audio Link: Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Resentencing For Juvenile Lifers
Summary: Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws that imposed a mandatory and automatic sentence of life without parole on juvenile murderers. Today the question before the court was whether that decision is retroactive. It's a question that could affect more than 2,000 offenders who were sentenced to life without parole before 2012.

Web Link: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Summary: Website for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Learning Objective 13.6 Identify some of the challenges for juvenile incarceration

Audio Link: Juvenile Incarceration Rates Are Down; Racial Disparities Rise
Summary: Fewer young people are being locked up than in the past. In fact, the number of juvenile offenders behind bars in the U.S. has hit record lows. That comes amid broader debate over just how many Americans of all ages end up in prison. But if the total number of juveniles in custody is dropping, the drop is not the same for everybody. The system is giving harsher penalties to minorities and to girls.