1. Understanding the Criminal Justice System
Part 14
Juvenile Justice

2. Two distinct justice systems
- adult / juvenile
- separate systems
- laws / personnel / procedures / terminology / facilities
a. Laws
- criminal law
- both adult / juvenile
(1) Status offenses
- apply to juveniles
- committed by adult = not a crime

3. (a) Curfew / truancy / runaway / drinking
b. Personnel
- deal specifically with juveniles
(1) Police
- SRO (DARE / GREAT)
- school security
(2) Courts
- judges = superior court
- commissioners

4. (3) Corrections
- juvenile detention centers
- state juvenile facilities
(a) Probation officers
(b) Parole officers
(c) Other public / private youth facilities
c. Procedures
- different from adult system

5. (1) Keep separate from adults
(2) Advice to rights
(3) Notify parents / guardian
(4) Issuing criminal citations
d. Facilities
- separate holding facilities
- separate courts
- separate state institutions

6. e. Terminology
- wording different from adult system
Adult Juvenile
crime / criminal act = delinquency / delinquent criminal delinquent
arrest taken into custody / detained
interrogate interview
booking process intake process
arraignment detention hearing
information filed petition filed
pretrial hearing show-cause hearing