Detail how the juvenile justice system differs from the adult criminal justice system.
The juvenile justice system is far more diverse than the adult criminal justice system. Before a juvenile can be transferred into adult court, he or she is entitled to a waiver hearing in the juvenile court. A juvenile intake officer interviews the child and the parent(s) or guardian and gathers a life history of the child. If a case is referred to the juvenile court for formal processing, it is called a juvenile adjudication hearing. A delinquency petition asks a judge to hear the case in a formal hearing and determine whether the juvenile is delinquent. The judge also decides whether a delinquent youth should become a ward of the state, and be placed in residential facility or given a plan for rehabilitation.
1. What is the term used to describe the process by which a juvenile enters the juvenile justice system?
2. What is the purpose of the juvenile intake process?
3. What is the goal of a juvenile boot camp?
4. Which U.S. Supreme Court case abolished the application of the death penalty for juveniles?
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