Although generally imprecise, the various international standards and guidelines for a country’s juvenile justice system do agree that:

a. rehabilitation of the juvenile should be given greater weight than punishment.
b. punishment of the juvenile should be given greater weight than rehabilitation.
c. violent juveniles should be punished but juvenile property offenders should be rehabilitated.
d. whether punished or rehabilitated, the juvenile justice system should handle only persons younger than 14.


a. rehabilitation of the juvenile should be given greater weight than punishment.

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