SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Juvenile Court, Juvenile Delinquency, Labeling Theory
8 Aug 2013
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Lecture 10: community and justice responses to crime and criminogenic. Juvenile justice processing in france: france: french police do not lay charges; they refer case to procureur, a prosecutor, who can send it to juvenile court judge (juge des enfants). Complicated cases or serious crimes go to the juge d"instruction. About 90% of juvenile cases are handled informally in the judge"s office. If the case is serious or if the child continues to offend, the judge refers the case to trial in the formal courtroom. After trial, a juvenile can be sentenced to the juvenile wing of a prison, usually for a maximum of a few weeks. The judge can assign a correctional social worker (an educateur) to supervise the juvenile. Judges are well informed about cases and have background information. The judge frequently talks to the juvenile without the parents being present.
