•Children: The most sensitive segment of any society.
•One important way in which the children’s special rights and status
are maintained is through establishing a separate juvenile justice
system. Unlike the justice system for adults, its aim is not the
punishment of offenders. Rather it aims at reforming the juvenile
delinquents.
•An
important feature of a proper juvenile justice system: Separate
detention mechanism for children and juvenile; distancing them from the
contact of adult prisoners.