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JUVENILE LAW
WHAT IS A JUVENILE?
Age of Majority
GOAL OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
• Rehabilitation
OFFENDERS
• Delinquent Offenders
• Status Offenders
FACTS
NEGLECT
PARENTS?
Parental Responsibility Laws
Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor
Parens Patriae: (Latin) “parent of the country”
• the court does whatever necessary to help the
child
• hearings closed to the public
• Juveniles do NOT have the same rights as an
adult- they are more protected
• records are sealed
Terms: Juvenile compared to
Adult
• Offense / Crime
• Take into custody / Arrest
• Petition / File Charges
• Denial / Not Guilty Plea
• Admission / Guilty Plea
• Adjudicatory hearing / Trial
• Found Delinquent / Found Guilty
Terms: Juvenile compared to
Adult
• Disposition / Sentencing
• Detention / Jail
• After Care / Parole
• Respondent / Defendant
• Delinquent / Criminal
• Commitment / Incarceration
• Residential Child-care Facility / Halfway House
• Adjustment / Plea Bargain
Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction
• EJJ in MN - 1995
• gives juveniles one last chance in the juvenile system (for
juveniles that have been in the system for a while)
• If the juvenile does not follow through on their part of
the bargain there is an adult sentence hanging over their
head
• juveniles have to be @ least 14 to qualify for EJJ
• in Dakota County there are approximately 10-12 EJJ
cases per year
TRIED AS AN ADULT…
• AGE
• MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION
• TREATMENT?-REHABILITATION?
• NATURE OF OFFENSE
• THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY