Juvenile Justice Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Juvenile justice is a system of policies, laws, and procedures intended to regulate non-adult offenders’ treatment for law violations and provide legal remedies to protect their interests. Hence, minors who break the law are not mistreated or treated like adults while in custody or behind bars. Agendas for this system is to maintain public safety, skill development, and to reintegrate youths into the community successfully. Delinquency is a criminal act committed by a young person, especially one who is below the age of which an ordinary prosecution can be conducted (Weish, 2014). Some of the crimes include; murder, rape, among many others.