Similarities Between Juvenile Justice And Parole

Noemi Garcia

Mr. Hammond

ERWC

26 January 2017 Juvenile Justice

The Criminal Justice System has for a long time been considered as not being fair in the ruling and practice of its law. Most importantly, the fact that crime rate has always been going up, young offenders have fallen to become victims of the system. Today, as the number of criminal offenses remains at a high record,young people between the ages of twelve and seventeen have come face to face with the corridors of justice and power having been convicted of many crimes, some of which are heinous. Parole is referred to the act of releasing a prisoner temporarily or at times permanently before the completion of a sentence once they make a solemn promise of good behavior. Annually

The similarity in the two terms is that in both parole and probation the people that are convicted of crimes avoid the time of serving their sentence as they are conditioned to good behavior. Because the offenders have violated terms, they are shown their jail cell once again. However, there are major differences between the two in that probation forms part and parcel of the offender’s original sentence while parole, on the other hand, comes in later allowing the offender to be released early from the prison sentence. Secondly, while parole is issued by a judge instead of jail time or combined with some jail time, parole is granted by a parole board after the offender has already served some of his time in the cells (Bishop, 4). Notable is the fact that the parole board considers some factors including but not limited to the offender’s behavior while in prison, the level of rehabilitation among other

Although some opponents of parole believe that the children of this generation learn more at a younger age making them understand the consequences of their actions. However, what the latter fail to recognize is that while age remains constant, trying both children and adults under the same provisions and legal implications are not fair at all to the growing children (Connell et al, 1330-1346). As such, they should be given parole, warned of the dangers of their behaviors and maybe be told of the implications of the same.

In conclusion, the elimination of juvenile life without parole does not in any way suggest a guaranteed release of the young offenders. However through such a measure, the juvenile offenders are given the opportunity for review after the considerable and reasonable period of time in their cell according to the circumstances of each offender. As such, sentences that do not give room for rehabilitation and second chances especially to children between the ages of twelve and seventeen are misguided and