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(Neubauer, 446) The laws surrounding juvenile criminal cases are much different than those concerning adults. When a child is arrested in New Jersey or California they can either reprimanded and released or they can be brought to a juvenile detention facility (State of New Jersey Judiciary)...
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If they are brought to a facility they usually have to be processed and arraigned in a juvenile court within 48 hours unless there is a holiday or weekend. As soon as the child is arrested the police or probation officer must call the juvenile's parents (Neubauer, 448)...
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Juvenile Justice The Juvenile Justice System as it typically functions in America's thousands of jurisdictions is the subject that will be covered. The Juvenile Justice System is defined as that "sociolegal process having responsibility and authority for public reaction to current juvenile delinquency and deterrence of future juvenile delinquency, including within that process the public and private agents, agencies, laws, rules, and policies having to do with juvenile delinquency"(Weiner, 1987, p...	4 / 876
history of juvenile justice *created in the late 1800's to reform U.S. policies regarding youthful offenders *early on children were treated as chattels of adults without any rights *if found guilty they were sentenced just as adults were *New York City House of Refuge, the first youth prison opened in 1825 *during the 1800's the juvenile justice system exercised its authority within a "parens patriae" which meant state as parent or guardian role...	2 / 325
Juvenile Justice Most children enter the juvenile justice system by getting into trouble with law enforcement. When a juvenile child commits a serious crime the officer must arrest the juvenile and take them to headquarters...	4 / 987
Outgrowing Juvenile Justice: Jamal Vick Case Study Raises • Balancing treatment verses punishment • Responses to serious juvenile offenders o Waiver into the adult criminal justice system o Utilize the juvenile justice system o Blend elements of both the adult system and the juvenile system • Youth in confinement o Growing numbers of youth confined o Disproportionate number of minority youth confined • Offense focused juvenile court verses offender focused juvenile court • Status offenses verses delinquent offenses At 16 years old, Jamal Vick was facing a 10-to-15 year sentence in an adult facility for Assault with Intent to Murder...	3 / 575
Juvenile Justice delinquent to continue criminal behavior by showing them that they can get away with a crime. The juvenile court system is very similar to the New York Family Court system which was made to protect children who are usually under the age of 18 who kept on running into trouble with law...	3 / 800
Juvenile Justice Although putting juveniles into institutions, for many juvenile offenders occurred in the first decades of the 1900s, extensive use of probation for juveniles existed as well...	2 / 427
Juvenile Justice The problem of dealing with juvenile justice has plagued are country for years, since the establishment of the first juvenile court in 1899. Prior to that development, delinquent juveniles had to be processed through the adult justic3e system which gave much harsher penalties...	3 / 691