CRIM 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Juvenile Court, Peer Pressure, Social Class
7 May 2019
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Crime is an age-specific phenomenon (16 25) Limited preventative and curative capabilities, and justice intervention tends to make it worse. Takes a community raise a child, but sometimes even the communities fail. They show bad manners, contempt for authority, they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when their enter the room. Violent crime surge in the post-world war ii era: Juvenile justice: past feeling case studies (columbine, virginia tech, oppositional culture of the streets/code of the streets, fullerton high study, gang activity (male and female) The interest of the child: halfway houses, attention centers, counseling, volunteer programs. Status offenses (laws that apply only to juveniles) Juvenile court: hearing v trial, adjudicated v convicted. Treatment in the best interest of the child (future tense orientation) Juvenile can be tried in adult court: every state has different rules/procedures, relatively rare occurrence (7,500/year or about . 3% of the cases)
