CHILDREN, PARENTS AND THE COURTS - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, UNGOVERNABILITY AND NEGLECT

• NCJ Number: 10169
• Author(s): M L Midonick
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 222 pages
• Sale Source: Practicing Law Institute
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: OUT OF PRINT

Annotation

IMPACT OF THE 1967 GAULT DECISION ON THE JUVENILE COURT CONCEPT, INCLUDING APPLICATIONS TO JURISDICTION, TRIALS, INVESTIGATIONS, SENTENCING, PLACEMENT, AND PROBATION.

Abstract

THE JUVENILE COURT IS BECOMING MORE OF A COURT AND LESS OF A SOCIAL AGENCY AS A RESULT OF GAULT. JUVENILE OFFENDERS, WHILE RECOGNIZED AS CHILDREN HAVING NEEDS DIFFERENT FROM THE TYPICAL ADULT OFFENDER, MUST ALSO BE ASSURED OF RECEIVING DUE PROCESS PROTECTION. JUVENILE COURTS MUST RECOGNIZE THE NATURE OF THE OFFENDER'S FAMILY UNIT AND INCLUDE THE FAMILY SITUATION AS A CAUSATIONAL AND A THERAPEUTIC FACTOR. THE JUVENILE COURTS, AS COURTS OF LAW, CAN ACHIEVE THEIR DUAL FUNCTIONS OF REHABILITATION AND PROTECTION OF SOCIETY. (AUTHOR MODIFIED)