PPT-COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE

CIVIL RIGHTS AND DISCRIMINATION POLICIES TRAINING INTRODUCTION Compliance with Civil Rights It is the responsibility of the State Administering Agency SAA to ensure that its grant subrecipients are complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws. Youth & the Law. Serious violent crimes represent a small fraction of crimes committed by youth. Incapacity of children: . children under 12 cannot form the necessary . mens. . rea. . to be convicted.. Perry Mason . and . Andy Griffith . to . LA Law.  and . Hill City Blues.  . to . Law & Order.  and . the Wire. .. Midwest Clinical Conference. Brad . Colbert, . Sarah . Jane Forman & Peter Joy. NYC Task Force on Racial Disparity in the Juvenile Justice System. What is Racial Disparity?. Racial disparity occurs whenever the percentage of youth in the juvenile justice system exceeds the percentage of youth in the general population. OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT . MAGISTRATES CONFERENCE . TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR THE CARIBBEAN. LOOKING TOWARDS A NEW DAWN: DIVERSION IN JUVENILE JUSTICE. 26-28 August, 2013. The Verandah Resort & Spa Antigua. The System Today. In 1990s, a system of family courts was instituted in Vermont. This was the result of an act passed by the Vermont Legislature in its 1990 session. . All juvenile matters that were heard by the court, sitting as a juvenile court, are now heard by the family court.. MAGISTRATES CONFERENCE . TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR THE . CARIBBEAN. LOOKING TOWARDS A NEW DAWN: DIVERSION IN JUVENILE . JUSTICE. 26-28 August, 2013. The . Verandah Resort & Spa Antigua. Indian Town Road, Long Bay, Antigua and . What are the steps of a trial, and how are the rights of citizens maintained through the legal process?. Criminal Cases. Crime: any act that breaks a law. Penal Code: the list of crimes and their punishments. Chapter 16. What is the legal age of majority in most states?. What is 18?. Aftercare in the juvenile justice system is most similar to what in the adult system?. What . is . probation?. True or False?. Juvenile Justice System. The juvenile justice system is designed to deal with the problems of . delinquent acts. committed by persons under the age of 18.. Delinquent Acts. There are . two. types of delinquent acts:. Developing the Criminal Justice System. Urbanization in the East and expansion in the West led to the development of more formal criminal justice systems.. Citizens’ advocacy groups (Chicago Crime Commission) advocated for justice and oversaw criminal justice agencies.. Learning Objective 1. Describe the child- saving movement and its relationship to the doctrine of . parens patriae. .. Peter Andrew Bosch/Miami Herald/MCT via Getty Images. The Evolution of American Juvenile Justice. th UNITED NATIONS CONGRESSON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICEDoha, 12–19 April 2015 UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIMEThirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Crimin Office DelinquencyPreventionwwwojjdpgov2process of determining the possible risks of reoffending among youths who have come into contact with the justice system and to assist in the development of ind Valerie Pearce, J.D.. Indigent Defense Services. PURPOSE OF JUVENILE COURT. To reduce and prevent juvenile delinquency . by . effectively intervening, educating and . treating youth in . order to strengthen families .