Mrs. Zurkowski
English 1 Greens
September 13, 2010
Book: Jude by Kate Morgenroth
Topic: Juvenile Justice
Topic: Juvenile Justice
Search Terms:
1. “Tribunal”
2. “Crimes:
3. “Children”
2. “Crimes:
3. “Children”
4. “Adolescents”
5. “Age of majority”
5. “Age of majority”
6. “Legal systems”
7. “Juvenile court”
Juvenile Justice
Juvenile justice is the biggest issue in the book, Jude. My source says that “Severe offenses, like murder or gang-related acts, in 44 states of the USA are treated the same as crimes committed by adults” ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_justice). In Jude’s case, he was given the maximum sentence. In the U.S.A., “Anyone charged with committing a criminal act before his or her seventeenth or eighteenth birthday is initially processed as a juvenile defendant” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_justice). Jude was seventeen when he was charged, so that means that these rules applied to him. I think that this is a very good topic to research. Hopefully, I can find out and learn more in the future.
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