Juvenile and Adult
Courts:
A Comparative Analysis
Anakaren Torres, Liliana
Gonzalez, and Bobbie MoyerIsabella
CJA374
March 31, 2016
Mike Yaptangco
References
- All states allow juveniles to be tried as adults in criminal court under certain circumstances.
(2003). Retrieved from https://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/195420/page4.html
- California Courts The Judicial Branch of California. (2016). Juvenile Delinquence. Retrieved
from http://www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp-delinquency.htm
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Questions??
The Juvenile
Justice System
Flow Chart
- What is the Juvenile Justice System?
- Delinquency and Status Offenses
The Law
Juvenile v. Adult
Ten Cases All Kids
Should Know
States that Allow Corporal Punishment in Schools
Legality of corporal punishment in the United States:
Corporal punishment prohibited in schools and the home
Corporal punishment prohibited in schools only
Corporal punishment not prohibited
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District
- New Jersey v. T.L.O.
- Ingraham v. Wright
- Santa Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe
- Kent v. United States
- Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeir
- Vernonia School District v. Acton
- West Side Community Schools v. Mergens
- Grutter v. Bollinger
- Deshaney v. Winnebago County School Services
Remanding Juveniles to Adult Court
- Discretionary waiver hearing
Increasing Use of Waivers
Abolishing
Juvenile Court
- How juveniles receive waivers
Crimes to be Considered for Adult Court
Fitness Hearing
Juvenile Waiver
- Development of the minor
- Difficulties in Adjustment with the Community
- Graduate to more severe offenses
The Judge will determine if the juvenile court is suited for
the crime
- Five Factors
- Degree of crime
- Possibility of rehabilitation
- Previous delinquent history
- Success of previous rehabilitation
- The severity of the crime
California Welfare & Institutions Code Section 707(b):
- Murder
- Rape
- Sodomy
- Oral Copulation
- Forcible sexual
penetration
- Kidnapping
- Attempted murder
- Assault
- A lewd or lascivious act on a child under the
age of 14