少年司法制度产生于19世纪末20世纪初的西方国家,1899年美国伊利诺斯州《少年法庭法》和伊利诺斯州芝加哥市所建立的少年法庭,标志着世界上少年司法制度的诞生。少年司法制度可以从广义、中义、狭义三个方面来理解。狭义的少年司法制度仅指少年刑事审判制度;中义的少年司法制度指以少年刑事审判制度为 The juvenile justice system was born in Western countries from the late 19th century to the early 20th century, the Juvenile Courts Act of 1899 in Illinois, USA, and the Juvenile Courts in Chicago, Illinois, mark the birth of the juvenile justice system in the world. The juvenile justice system can be understood in three aspects: broad sense, moderate sense and narrow sense. The narrow juvenile justice system only refers to juvenile criminal justice system; juvenile justice system refers to juvenile criminal justice system as