les of how minors arestripped of their basic rights.Recently however these violations have been looked over and are starting tochange. They have the rights to hear the charges brought against them, remain silent, havean attorney, one local phone call for assistance, speedy trail, confront and question thepeople pressing charges against the minor, and the minor's parents will be notified asquickly as possible { Dolan, 100-101 }. In addition, rules of evidence and constitutionalprotections given to adults are observed in most juvenile courts today. The reason thatminors are usually restrained from having a jury trial is to keep the public from brandingthe minor a criminal. The court system still has to work out more rights violations. Females are treateddifferently in the juvenile court system. Parents tend to tolerate misbehavior in a boy, butare more strict with girls. A result of these actions show an increasing number of femalesentering the juvenile court system at a growing, and alarming rate. Once in the courtsystem they are handed down unfair punishments, and are kept in the detention halls for alonger period of time than males. They receive different and harsher punishments for thesame non violent crimes committed by boys. Females are also put a probation for a longerperiod of time then the boys are. The courts need to treat males and females as equalsunder the law.The juvenile court system was set up to set minors on the right path in life. However not a lot of rehabilitation is going on while the minors are kept in the detentionhalls and other facilities. They are just getting tougher day by day. The court system hasto work on rehabilitating the youth of America that ends up in trouble with the law. Thepeople of the nation want to " fix " the children to become better people. The courtsdesperately need to look at what goes on inside the detention homes. They have to makesure the minors are getting better and are ...
