Juvenile simple assault is simply a simple assault that is carried out by a juvenile. A juvenile is generally assumed to be any young person below the age of 18. Simple assault is something done intentionally by one person to make another person afraid that the person is going to harm him or her, as the person who made the threat could certainly carry it out. Juvenile simple assault is usually handled in juvenile court. This is because the penalties in juvenile court are less stringent than those penalties meted out in adult court. However, if a juvenile continued to repeat the same offense, then the youth could be tried as an adult. Juveniles could be required to receive counseling or education as penalties for juvenile simple assault, where an adult would possibly jail time for the same behavior.