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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

  • Champion, J. D. (2010). The juvenile justice system: Delinquency, processing, and the law

[University of Phoenix Custom Edition eBook]. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Retrieved from University of Phoenix, CJA374 - Juvenile justice systems and processes website.

  • Hirschon, K. (2015, August 25). Is it possible for a juvenile to be charged as an adult? [Video

file]. Retrieved from YouTube website:

  • Jacobs, T. (2008, September 15). Ten Supreme court cases every teen should know. The

New York Times . Retrieved from https://www.ny-times.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20080915monday.html

  • Las Vegas Defense Group. (2016). When can a minor be tried in adult criminal court in

California?. Retrieved from http://www.shouselaw.com/juvenile-adult.html

  • Shouse Law Group Channel (2014, November 15). "Fitness Hearings" in Juvenile Court

[Video file]. Retrieved from YouTube website

Questions??

The Juvenile

Justice System

Flow Chart

  • What is the Juvenile Justice System?

  • Delinquency and Status Offenses

  • Jurisdiction

The Law

Bobbie

Juvenile v. Adult

  • JJPDA
  • OJJDP
  • DSO
  • 10 Cases

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

Liliana

Remanding Juveniles to Adult Court

  • Specified Criteria

  • Discretionary waiver hearing

  • Why?

Increasing Use of Waivers

Anakaren

Abolishing

Juvenile Court

  • What are waivers?

  • 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

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