Juvenile Court Process Marina Pacheco CJA/224 June 04, 2014 Nashmeel Sadjadi Juvenile Court Process Before juvenile courts came into existence, juvenile criminals were treated the same as adult criminals. Prior to the juvenile courts, it was concluded that children between the ages of seven and fourteen, and younger, did not have the capacity to commit crimes with criminal intent, therefore they were eliminated from the criminal justice system. For children over the age of fourteen, they were presumed…
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