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| Police counsel and release - PAL |
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| Diversion programs; help child with specific problems i.e. alternative schools |
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| Group home/Foster placement; more structured environment |
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Detention and House arrest; individual needs more control
-Safety threat to community or self |
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| Training schools; Authority is turned over to correctional facility. Has more emphasis on rehabilitation. |
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| Youthful offender; Treated as adult is, becomes criminal process. |
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Since 2005 is no longer allowed. See Roeper v Simmons 17 year old committed murder.
-Adolescents brains not fully developed
-Minors excluded in both significant and trivial ways, i.e. can't vote, enlist or sit on jury.
-Also, no life sentence |
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