America's teenage courts
1.Magna Carta
1215 the Norman barons of England drew up an ultimatum that they presented to King John and forced him to sign.
2.New constitution of the united States
1788 it was enshrined in Article III
formally recoginized basic human rights and re-established one of the fundamental principle's of England law.
3."Teen courts" in Odessa
it was in the 1980s that the Teen court was fist suggested.
4.In 2007 Teen courts crossed the Atlantic.
with the opening of the fist teen court in England,in Preston,in Laneashire.
5.Punishments in Teen Courts
there is a range of punishments
including: -community service,driving classes,counselling and jury service.
6.The court only has the right to judge other teens who have
a)decided to pledguilty
b)agreed to be tried by their peers.
7.1000 teen courts in the United States
it was in 2015.
- "The Authorities"
Evidence shows that young offenders are much more receptive to warning and reprimands,punishments delivered by their peers than those delivered by authorities.
9.Teenage offenders,in Odessa
they have now contributed over 100000 hours of community service to the city and to volunteer organizations.
10.Tammy Hawkins
the project's coordinator
says"because of these youth giving the community service hours back to the city of Odessa
it was also said his speech that "we have found that the hids that are active in the Teen court programme have less of a desire to drop out of school
They have found a purpose in their lives and in their own neighborhoods.