Add to ORKGJournal ArticleWhile all agencies connected with the dentention and treatment of juveniles in the District of Columbia issue annual reports which are available to the public, indications are that a widespread unawareness exists in both bar and judiciary as to the nature, purpose and efffectiveness of the socio-legal system governing the disposition of the District's juvenile offenders. Since a concern for this system is a logical incident of any sensitivity toward the future of order and tranquility of society, the purpose of this note is essentially informational, to familiarize lawyers with the procedures and practices employed by the District of Columbia and the United States Governments from the time a youth is apprehended by police unt...
Twenty-first century juvenile justice jurisprudence has focused on the criminal responsibility of ad...
The object of this Article is to show that there is no inherent inconsistency between the juvenile c...
Both the federal and state governments have recognized that criminal adults and delinquent juveniles...
On each and every day of the year (excluding Sundays), children are presented for an initial hearing...
It would appear that juveniles find apprehension to be a reinforcement of their delinquent behavior....
This article traces the evolution of the youth justice system in Canada and the United States and ex...
It appears, unfortunately, that what legal authorities now commonly do upon apprehending a juvenile ...
Recognizing the near impossibility of changing societal views toward juvenile offenders, many legisl...
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (Act) was passed by the United States Co...
Presently, juvenile justice is widely acknowledged as being in a state of flux in the United States....
Juvenile delinquency is a subject on which many papers might be written from different points of vie...
The exclusive focus of this article is upon proceedings in which delinquency is· determined, even th...
This article will summarize the major twenty-first century state legislative and case law developmen...
Justice practitioners have tremendous discretion on how to handle juvenile offenders. Police office...
Society has been plagued with the problem of whether the police, the courts and the correction agenc...
Twenty-first century juvenile justice jurisprudence has focused on the criminal responsibility of ad...
The object of this Article is to show that there is no inherent inconsistency between the juvenile c...
Both the federal and state governments have recognized that criminal adults and delinquent juveniles...
On each and every day of the year (excluding Sundays), children are presented for an initial hearing...
It would appear that juveniles find apprehension to be a reinforcement of their delinquent behavior....
This article traces the evolution of the youth justice system in Canada and the United States and ex...
It appears, unfortunately, that what legal authorities now commonly do upon apprehending a juvenile ...
Recognizing the near impossibility of changing societal views toward juvenile offenders, many legisl...
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (Act) was passed by the United States Co...
Presently, juvenile justice is widely acknowledged as being in a state of flux in the United States....
Juvenile delinquency is a subject on which many papers might be written from different points of vie...
The exclusive focus of this article is upon proceedings in which delinquency is· determined, even th...
This article will summarize the major twenty-first century state legislative and case law developmen...
Justice practitioners have tremendous discretion on how to handle juvenile offenders. Police office...
Society has been plagued with the problem of whether the police, the courts and the correction agenc...
Twenty-first century juvenile justice jurisprudence has focused on the criminal responsibility of ad...
The object of this Article is to show that there is no inherent inconsistency between the juvenile c...
Both the federal and state governments have recognized that criminal adults and delinquent juveniles...