Should the Juvenile Court Be Abolished?

1. Would abolishing the juvenile courts and creating youth-based adult-court sentencing guidelines produce equal treatment in the courts among gender, race, and class? 2. Which approach will achieve the goals of juvenile crime deterrence and rehabilitation: retaining the juvenile justice system or abolishing it? What are the short- and long-term effects of each of these options? 3. What are the likely consequences of keeping the juvenile courts as they are, and what are the likely consequences of creating an integrated court system? Who benefits?