Juvenile System

to correct a person's behavior and the goal of the juvenile system

• rehabilitate

• punish

• delinquency

• incarcerate

young people who have committed acts that would be crimes if committed by adults

• Delinquent offenders

• Status offenders

• Criminals

young people who have committed acts that would not be crimes if done by adults

• Delinquent offenders

• Status offenders

• Criminals

The general name given to young people who commit crimes

• Juvenile Delinquents

• Bad kids

• Criminals

• Adjudicators

To take custody...

• to take charge of someone in an official way

• to put someone in prison for life

• to charge an amount of money to be released from jail

• to dismiss someone's case

like the preliminary hearing for adults, where the state must show that there is good reason to believe the youth committed the crime

• Detention Hearing

• Adjudication Hearing

• Disposition Hearing

like the adult trial, but it's closed to the public and usually does not include a jury.

• Detention Hearing

• Adjudication Hearing

• Disposition Hearing

like the sentencing hearing for adults

• Detention Hearing

• Adjudication Hearing

• Disposition Hearing

Adult system or juvenile system: Intake

• Adult

• Juvenile

Adult system or juvenile system: preliminary hearing

• Adult

• Juvenile