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Juvenile Justice & Diminished Criminal Culpability, Mitchell F. Crusto Apr 2024

Juvenile Justice & Diminished Criminal Culpability, Mitchell F. Crusto

University of Miami Law Review

When regulating the bad, albeit illegal, choices made by minors, the law is conflicted. On the one hand, we have a clear national policy to ensure the safety of and to promote the positive development of our young people, yet we simultaneously criminalize minors who make bad choices. This conundrum raises a quintessential jurisprudential flaw in our legal system: We lack a unifying, overarching principle that guides the law’s relationship with minors. In a companion piece, I pose and explore such a unifying principle, which I coin as the “best interest of the minor” standard (“BIMS”). Consequently, this Article applies …


Juvenile Status Offenses: The Prejudicial Underpinnings Of The Juvenile Justice System, Zachary Auspitz Sep 2018

Juvenile Status Offenses: The Prejudicial Underpinnings Of The Juvenile Justice System, Zachary Auspitz

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

No abstract provided.


Taking The Direct File Statute To Criminal Court: Immigration Consequences For Juveniles, Marlon J. Baquedano Aug 2016

Taking The Direct File Statute To Criminal Court: Immigration Consequences For Juveniles, Marlon J. Baquedano

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

Florida is one of fifteen jurisdictions in the United States that have enacted a direct file statute that grants prosecutors the ability to transfer juveniles from the juvenile justice system to adult court. Critiques of the direct file statute have focused on its effectiveness on deterrence and recidivism, its arbitrariness in application, and the tension with the role of juvenile justice in reforming rather than punishing youth. This Note explores the harmful consequences of the direct file statute on non-citizen youth in immigration proceedings and the probability of obtaining immigration relief. An adult conviction as opposed to a juvenile delinquency …


The Use Of Coercion In The Child Maltreatment Investigation Field: A Comparison Of American And Scottish Perspectives, Daniel Pollack, Kirsteen Mackay, Katie Shipp May 2015

The Use Of Coercion In The Child Maltreatment Investigation Field: A Comparison Of American And Scottish Perspectives, Daniel Pollack, Kirsteen Mackay, Katie Shipp

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


"Waiving" Goodbye To Juvenile Defendants, Getting Smart Vs. Getting Tough, Cynthia R. Noon Dec 1994

"Waiving" Goodbye To Juvenile Defendants, Getting Smart Vs. Getting Tough, Cynthia R. Noon

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Warning: Television Violence May Be Harmful To Children; But The First Amendment May Foil Congressional Attempts To Legislate Against It, Laura B. Schneider Dec 1994

Warning: Television Violence May Be Harmful To Children; But The First Amendment May Foil Congressional Attempts To Legislate Against It, Laura B. Schneider

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Beyond Parens Patriae: Assuring Timely, Informed, Compassionate Decisionmaking For Hiv-Positive Children In Foster Care, Deborah Weimer Nov 1991

Beyond Parens Patriae: Assuring Timely, Informed, Compassionate Decisionmaking For Hiv-Positive Children In Foster Care, Deborah Weimer

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


After Rowley: The Handicapped Child's Right To An Appropriate Education, Laura Gangemi Jan 1984

After Rowley: The Handicapped Child's Right To An Appropriate Education, Laura Gangemi

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.