In a study of juvenile offenders, researchers found that more than 83 percent of juveniles showed signs and symptoms of disorders that may have predated their offenses. (Arline, May 2005). Behavioral problems may have been misinterpreted as a lack of discipline rather than a disorder, and many juveniles with disorders came from homes where abuse was present. In cases of juvenile offenders, courts do not conduct enough evaluations on juvenile families, and in the rare cases where they have a record, their families are considered stable (Arline, May 2005). However, many juvenile offenders have experienced unthinkable circumstances with members of the community in which they live, their parents, and the agencies that played a role in their lives before being incarcerated in the adult penal system (Darden, 2014 ). Many juveniles who are in the criminal system have common elements in their nonprofit profile, such as regrettable choices, distrust of adults, stolen childhoods, and disappointment (Darden, 2014). For example, a juvenile delinquent named Jennifer Pruitt experienced physical abuse, exposure to drunken behavior, sexual abuse from her father, and domestic violence (Darden, 2014). She ran away from home and confided in her neighbor as someone she trusted, but her neighbor convinced her to steal from another neighbor (Darden, 2014). During the attempted robbery, neighbor Pruitt ended up witnessing a murder and was convicted of felony murder which landed her over twenty years in prison (Darden,