If so many nonviolent offenders are transferred to be treated as adults, what are their chances of rehabilitation? The answer is that they don't have any because they haven't even had the opportunity. How can a juvenile delinquent be expected to improve when the decision to charge him as an adult is an option that could easily be taken even if the crime committed is not the serious act that the transfer process is intended to combat? In the 1997 article, Justice for Children: How Do We Get There?, the argument is that... "the juvenile court will not survive if it accepts the challenge and 'heat' of attempting to deal with older children who commit serious crimes." "... (Geraghty, p. 199). This suggests that transferring juveniles who have committed fairly serious crimes is in the best interests of the juvenile justice system, not the juveniles who are at risk of being locked up. However, transferring a child to adult court basically means that the individual is beyond the help that juvenile court can provide and deserves to have a chance to improve and be rehabilitated How can the title of juvenile justice system be vindicated by a justice system that he is not at the service of children who, coincidentally, are the very reason for his?