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The History of JUVENILE JUSTICE

Deion Williams

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Origins Of The Juvenile Justice System

The right to receive notice of charges

The right to obtain legal counsel

The right to confrontation and cross-

examination

The privilege against self-incrimination

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Infants and Adults at Common Law

Drawing the line between infants and adults

Classifying Infants

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A New System of Justice for Juveniles

Details about this topic Supporting information and examples How it relates to your audience

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Juvenile Court (or Young offenders court) Age of criminal responsibility Avoiding formal charges Reform

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The World’s First Juvenile Court Revolutionized treat of dependent Located in Cook County Substituted the ideal of rehabilitation

for retribution.

What is Due Process

Fifth Amendment The Fifth Amendment’s

guarantees that no one can be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process

No one can be compelled to be a witness against herself or himself (self-incrimination in a criminal trial

Sixth Amendment A speedy and public trial An impartial jury Notice of the nature and

cause of an accusation Confrontation of adverse

witnesses (the right to cross-examine witnesses)

Compel witnesses in one’s favor to appear in court.

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Court Appointed Special Advocates

Gets to know the child by visiting him or her as often as possible (both in and out of the child’s home

Researches the child's background by reviewing records (school, medical , etc.)

Asses what is in the child’s best interest and makes recommendations to the judge regarding placement and services

Monitors court orders to assure the child receives court-ordered services

Juveniles Rights before the Court Hearing

• Meet face-to-face with and interview the child• Conduct an independent investigation in order to ascertain the facts of the case• Advise the child’s rights, the role and responsibilities of the GAL, the court

process, and the possible consequences of legal action• Participate, as appropriate, in pre-trial conferences, meditation, and

negotiations

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Why Juvenile Detention Makes Teens Worse

• Getting the Juvenile-Justice System to grow up

• Teens Behaving Badly

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The Future of The Juvenile Court

Court Structure

The unified Family Court

Coordinated Courts

Conclusion

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REFRENCES1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile-court

2.http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/

aba/migrated/publiced/features/

DYJpart1.authcheckdam.pdf

3.http://www.djs.state.md.us/history-us.asp

4.http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/

5.http://www.virginiarules.com/virginia-rules/

legal-rights-of-juveniles

6.http://futureofchildren.org/futureofchildren/

publications/docs/06_03_10.pdf

7.http://content.time.com/time/health/article/

0,8599,1914837,00.html