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Some states grant a judge the discretion to sentence a juvenile offender as a juvenile, even though he was tried as an adult. Some states mix the sentence, imposing both a juvenile and an adult sentence. In such states, the adult sentence is only imposed if the juvenile violates the terms of his juvenile sentence...
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Some states grant a judge the discretion to sentence a juvenile offender as a juvenile, even though he was tried as an adult. Some states mix the sentence, imposing both a juvenile and an adult sentence. In such states, the adult sentence is only imposed if the juvenile violates the terms of his juvenile sentence...
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Juveniles A juvenile offender is an offender who is too young to be tried as an adult. The age at which a person can be tried as an adult varies between states, but is ordinarily the age of seventeen or eighteen...	3 / 634
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
juvenile court comparison First off let’s look at Virginia and see how their juvenile justice system works. In Virginia the juvenile justice court system is called the “Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court...	3 / 688
Juvenile Crime Forty-one states currently have laws that make it easier to try a juvenile that has committed a violent crime and is over the age of 14 as an adult. In 1995, Texas lowered the age a juvenile could be tried as an adult from 15 to 14...	2 / 397
JUVENILE LAW Mo. Laws make this question very complicated. Some times we might think we are juvenile's, but by law we can be and treated as an adult. At age 13, you can go to some health clinics and get some medical treatments and testing done without your parents permission, such as pregnancy, alcohol/drug, and sexual transmitted diseases...	2 / 359
Juvenile Court Comparison The Juvenile Justice System in the State of Texas celebrated its 100 Birthday in 1999. Many people believe that the Juvenile Justice system is equal to the adult system and that juveniles are punished as adults are but that is not always the truth...	3 / 774
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