The Perspective of a Juvenile Attorney

March 22, 2013
1 hour

Meeting with a juvenile attorney was extremely helpful to understand the law behind sentenceing a juvenile. Unfortunately in the County of San Mateo 40% of the budget was cut and all centers. This greatly affects juveniles because programs that are to help have been cut back meaning they do not have much support and will continue to be on the wrong path that they are in. At the moment they are brought in by police if not giving released to the parents they assessed to see which program would fit them or if they would need to go to the juvenile halls or put in programs that help them. Because of the lack of development in their brain some do not improve and don't realize that their consequences to what they have done. Age is a major factor to them going back to the halls. Games aren't largely responsible for them becoming a certain way because once they become a part of a game they cannot go back moving away does not help then nor can they escape. If they are in gangs and are released home there are sometimes situations in which that transition may get interrupted by then killing someone else because of their involvement in gang. Generally once they enter the system and come back time and time again the crimes escalate and continue to get serious.