4 Ways Juvenile Justice System is Different

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The Juvenile Justice system is very different from the adult criminal justice system.

Life After Steubenville

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Are the lives of the defendants in the Steubenville rape trial over? Amy Davidson asks some questions about the premise of a juvenile-justice system: http://nyr.kr/135C3f3

Photograph by Keith Srakocic/AP.

Athens Co. Juvenile Judge Supports New Competency Standards

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Athens County Juvenile Judge Robert Stewart says children are not miniature adults and that’s why juevnile court competency standards are changing.

A new state law will create new standards for determining whether juvenile defendants are competent for court.

People in the legal and psychological communities say the new standards will protect the children and mean less guesswork.

Read more from WOUB News.

A request

Does anyone know of any good articles or books about juveniles that they could recommend? I want to start doing some reading on my population I’m working with this year since I’m a total newb in that area so I feel like I need to start reading up on it.

Any help is appreciated!

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Florida Counties Should Say No to Holding Children in Adult Jails | Southern Poverty Law Center

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The Southern Poverty Law Center and community members urged county leaders at Florida’s Hillsborough County Juvenile Justice Task Force meeting today not to adopt juvenile detention policies similar to those of Polk County, where an SPLC lawsuit has been filed against the sheriff who houses children charged as juveniles in an adult jail.

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