Juvenile Delinquency

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Juvenile Delinquency
Coun 150 Laws Relating to Children Richard M.
Cartier Class 13 Pages 479-592
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Juvenile Justice in California

• WI 300 dependency
• WI 601 status offenses
• WI 602 delinquency

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Common Law . . .

• Under age 7
• 7-14
• Over 14

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Patterns

• 300
• 601
• 602
• Adult criminality

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Modernly

• no magic age but . . .
• 16 14
• 18

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A brief look at juvenile crime . . .

• From 1994-2000 juvenile crime declined WHY?
• Juvenile recidivism Does the system work?
• Male
• Female

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The Juvenile Justice Experiment

• 1899 now
• Promise
• Individual treatment and rehabilitation
• Practice
• In re Gault
• Transfer
• Has the juvenile justice experiment failed?

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Schools revisited . . .

• Search and Seizure
• NJ v. TLO
• 2 pronged test of reasonableness
• Locker searches
• Metal detectors
• Sniff searches
• Strip searches

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Making connections

• Parents are primarily responsible for the care
  and rearing of their minor children . . .
• How do we make connections for kids when the
  family fails them?