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Right To Counsel In Virginia Juvenile Proceedings
Right To Counsel In Virginia Juvenile Proceedings
University of Richmond Law Review
The juvenile court, representing the parens patriae power of the state, was created in order to remove juveniles from the stigmatizing and punitive atmosphere of adult criminal courts. Divorced from this atmosphere, the juvenile court, by administering individualized justice' in an informal, civil-natured proceeding, could measure the juvenile's social maladjustment and subject him to state supervision in such a manner as to correct his delinquent attitude and lead him to a correct life. Many forums, however, have found that the functioning juvenile system inadequately promulgates the enlightened principles which led to its creation. Scholars have attacked the non-criminal label as …
Recent Decisions
University of Richmond Law Review
This is a summary of the case law from 1969.
Publicity In The Juvenile Court
Publicity In The Juvenile Court
University of Richmond Law Review
With few exceptions a public trial is granted, under the sixth amendment, to adults accused of crimes. Correspondingly, what takes place in the courtroom is generally held to be public property available for dissemination by the press. In juvenile proceedings, however, privacy has "typically been among the few unchallenged keynotes." Characteristic of the juvenile court system have been procedures aimed at maintaining the anonymity of juvenile offenders.