CRJU 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Juvenile Court, Status Offense, Online Gambling

• School: USC, SC, Carolina, South Carolina
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJU 101
• Professor: Clement

Document Summary

During colonial times, the age of the accountability was 7: if a crime was committed, they were tried as adults. 18th and 19 centuries, when people were prosecuted, they were all together. Juvenile reformatories: if the ju(cid:448)e(cid:374)ile is i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)igi(cid:271)le (cid:894)(cid:449)o(cid:374)"t liste(cid:374) to thei(cid:396) pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)ts(cid:895) Having sex, breaking curfew: if the juvenile is disorderly. Starting fights: if the juvenile is homeless. Parens patriae: under this theory the state has the primary responsibility for the saving and custody of its children. Juvenile courts have authority over children that are victimized: if you"(cid:396)e a(cid:271)used as a (cid:272)hild, you"(cid:396)e likely to become an abuser when you get older, authority over delinquents, authority over status offenders. Status offense are only applied to children. Delinquency offenses: apply both to children and adults. Petition not a warrant: similar but not warrant. No verdict of innocent or guilty will be given.