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 one because they haven't even had the chance. How can we expect a juvenile offender to improve when the decision to charge him as an adult is an option that could easily be taken even if the offense committed is not the serious act that the transfer process is supposed to fight? In the 1997 article, Justice for Children: How Do We Get There?, the argument is that... "juvenile court will not survive if it takes on the challenge and 'heat' of trying to deal with older children who commit serious crimes. »… (Geraghty, p. 199). This suggests that transferring juveniles who have committed sufficiently serious crimes is in the best interest of the juvenile justice system, and not in the interest of juveniles who are at risk of incarceration. However, transferring a child to adult court is essentially saying that the individual is beyond any help the juvenile court can provide and deserves to be given the opportunity to improve and rehabilitate. . How can the title of juvenile justice system be claimed by a justice system that does not serve the children who just happen to be the very reason for its