JUVENILE AND ADULT COURTS

Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis

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Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis

Introduction

Juvenile justice is the area of criminal law invoked against the persons not old sufficient to be held accountable for criminal acts. In several US states, the criminal culpability age is set at eighteen years. Law of Juvenile is primarily enacted a juvenile code and governed by state law. The key the juvenile justice system goal is rehabilitation and not punishing the juvenile. Sometimes, juvenile is incarnated into adult court in case the juvenile court relinquishes or waives its jurisdiction. ...