Thank you for the thoughtful comments, @theironfelix. You nail it here: society will not do anything to prevent another Junie but rather find ways to punish “a Junie” harsher after “a Junie” had done the deed, the crime, the sin and the unforgivable acts. In all such cases, it forces those “another Junie” people to do it more quietly or more smartly...
In real life, I do feel for the adult son who is weary of the news items about his mentally ill mother. I have been in the position of that journalist, but not at a newspaper (just a social media page). So many social issues are at play as we decide "all the news that's fit to print," and who needs to know the sordid details of some event in your small town. Sometimes the line between gossip and "news" is very thin. Thanks again for reading and commenting.