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In Miller v.Alabama (2012)the Court held that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for individuals 17 or younger convicted of homicide did not violate the Eighth Amendment.

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In 2012,the Committee on Assessing Juvenile Justice Reform of the National Academies of Sciences released a report on reforming juvenile justice.The Committee found that "a harsh system of punishing troubled youth can make things worse,while a scientifically-based juvenile justice system can make an enduring difference in the lives of many youth who most need the structure and services it can provide."

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Adjudicatory hearings for juveniles are similar to adult trials,with some notable exceptions.List and define three of those differences and compare them to adult trials.Comment on your belief as to the most important of these differences that benefit juveniles.

The combination of the government agencies that function to investigate,supervise,adjudicate,care for,or confine youthful offenders and other children subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court is known as the:

Teen court is an alternative approach to juvenile justice in which alleged offenders are judged and sentenced by a judge who specializes in juvenile case.

The separation between adult court procedures and juvenile court procedures is narrower today than any time in our history.The similarities are becoming greater than the differences.

The juvenile court movement was based on five philosophical principles.List and define three of those principles.Explain which of the principles is the most productive.

Which landmark U.S.Supreme court case guaranteed juvenile the following rights: Notice of charges,right to counsel,right to confront and to cross examine witnesses,and protection against self-incrimination?

McKeiver v.Pennsylvania held that juveniles do NOT have the constitutional right to:

An act or conduct that is declared by statute to be an offense,but only when committed by or engaged in by a juvenile,and that can be adjudicated only by a juvenile court,is called a ____________ offense.

In 2011,the U.S.Supreme Court held that the __________of juvenile suspects must be considered when determining whether they would feel free not to respond to police questioning.

The principle of parens patriae:

In which portion of a juvenile case does a judge decide whether or not to confine a juvnile?