By JADEYN CONTRERAS
Staff Writer
Juvenile justice systems in America are a collection of state and local-based court systems. Their main focus is to respond to young delinquents who come in contact with law enforcement and get them to take a new path that follows the law. The juvenile justice system was created in 1903 by the legislative branch that enacted a law establishing juvenile courts. Before it was established the criminal justice system accommodates minors by reforming a probation system and different rehabilitation and treatment centers to guide the minors and provide them with education, guidance, and supervision. The juvenile system differs from the adult system because the adult courts use trials by jury with a judge. The juvenile justice system functions by providing the juveniles with treatment, programs, incarceration, detention, and a supervised environment. In California, minors are allowed to be tried as an adult by fourteen years old. In North Carolina minors are allowed to be tried as an adult by sixteen years old. In Nevada, minors are allowed to be tried as an adult by thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. Some advantages that the minors have when tried as an adult is being able to have perks like educational access, vocational skill development. Some disadvantages that minors have when trying as an adult would be that they will not be provided with things they need as growing individuals. Over the years are estimated 2.1 million youth under the age of 18 are arrested in the United States.