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Full-Text Articles in Juvenile Law
Arkansas' Missed Opportunity For Rehabilitation: Sending Children To Adult Courts, Gerrard F. Glynn
Arkansas' Missed Opportunity For Rehabilitation: Sending Children To Adult Courts, Gerrard F. Glynn
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
Portable Guides To Investigating Child Abuse: An Overview, Us Department Of Justice
Portable Guides To Investigating Child Abuse: An Overview, Us Department Of Justice
Juvenile Justice Bulletin
No abstract provided.
Keeping Young People In School: Community Programs That Work, Us Department Of Justice
Keeping Young People In School: Community Programs That Work, Us Department Of Justice
Juvenile Justice Bulletin
No abstract provided.
The Use Of Facilitated Communication In Child Abuse Prosecutions, James Frederick Watson
The Use Of Facilitated Communication In Child Abuse Prosecutions, James Frederick Watson
University of Richmond Law Review
Before allowing a child who has alleged that he or she has been abused to testify at trial, a judge must be satisfied that the child is competent. In other words, the judge must find that the child has the ability to "observe, record, recollect and recount as well as an understanding of the duty to tell the truth." Determining whether children with certain developmental disorders are competent to testify has recently presented the courts with some difficult issues, as evidenced by a recent case in which the Supreme Court of Kansas upheld a conviction based primarily on the apparent …
The Sixth Amendment: Protecting Defendants' Rights At The Expense Of Child Victims, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 767 (1997), Julie A. Anderson
The Sixth Amendment: Protecting Defendants' Rights At The Expense Of Child Victims, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 767 (1997), Julie A. Anderson
UIC Law Review
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The Evolution Of Adolescence: A Developmental Perspective On Juvenile Justice Reform, Elizabeth S. Scott, Thomas Grisso
The Evolution Of Adolescence: A Developmental Perspective On Juvenile Justice Reform, Elizabeth S. Scott, Thomas Grisso
Faculty Scholarship
The legal response to juvenile crime is undergoing revolutionary change, and its ultimate shape is uncertain. The traditional juvenile court, grounded in optimism about the potential for rehabilitation of young offenders, has long been the target of criticism, and even its defenders have been forced to acknowledge that it has failed to meet its objectives. Beginning in the late 1960s, when the Supreme Court introduced procedural regularity to delinquency proceedings in In re Gault, courts and legislatures began to slowly chip away at the foundations of the juvenile justice system. Recent developments have accelerated and intensified that process, as …