Molestation, reckless endangerment, and burglary are all juvenile crimes. These juvenile offenses almost always remain on the juvenile's criminal record, and offenses appearing in a juvenile's criminal record may cause employers, educators, and other authority figures to think less of the juvenile delinquent. As the viewer can see, this mistake or error in judgment can ruin juvenile offenders' chances of furthering their success in life. For example, juvenile delinquents may not get the dream job they always wanted, get into the college they always wanted, or be eligible for both an athletic and academic scholarship. However, there is a gap in the juvenile justice system called teen courts. Teen courts give first-time offenders and some repeat offenders a second chance because the crimes are not on their criminal record, and their peers can decide what sanctions the juvenile offender receives or faces. The big question I will discuss in this essay is: Do juvenile delinquents who appear before teen courts reoffend? Based on my research, the assumption that teen courts help juvenile offenders reoffend less appears to be true; relapse refers to the tendency to reoffend. The first part of my research was to interview my father who is a juvenile probation officer, and my father really believes that teen courts help delinquents stay away from crime. He told me a memorable story that relates to this topic about a girl named Sarah who had been caught with marijuana. About a month after being caught with the marijuana, Sarah appeared in teen court and pleaded guilty to the marijuana possession charge. A girl named Jessica who didn't like Sarah was one of the jurors at the center of the paper in the juvenile criminal record after they admitted to committing the crime and the delinquents become aware of the juvenile justice system. Works Cited Jeffrey A. and Jennifer Ortiz. Teen Courts: Do They Work and Why? NYSBA Journal. January 2011. PP 18-21.Dick, Andrew J, Randall M. Jones, and Reed Geersten. Self-reported delinquency among adolescent court participants. Journal for juvenile justice and detention services. Volume 18. No. 1. Spring 2013. PP 33-49.Essig, Chris. Participants say Teen Court produces positive results. www.galesburg.com. Network. April 24, 2014. Forgays, Deborah K. Three-year outcomes of adolescent offenders in court. Adolescence. vol. 43. No. 171, Fall 2008. PP 474-489.Voss, Brenda, and Kelly Vannan. A jury of peers: Recidivism among adolescent court participants. Journal of juvenile justice. Vol 3. Issue 1. Autumn 2013.