NCJ Number
105719
Date Published
1987
Length
747 pages
Annotation
This volume gives a brief overview of the origin and development of law related to minors in the United States and in California and presents extensive excerpts from the California laws applicable to children and youth.
Abstract
Individual sections cover laws related to school attendance, prohibited instruction, special programs in education, school discipline, pupil records, violence and vandalism at school, the employment of minors, liability, and student transportation. They also focus on juvenile court procedures, offenses by or against minors, guardianship, marriage of minors, adoption of minors, motor vehicle laws related to minors, and emancipation. Glossaries, summary of due process, sample procedure for expulsion and readmission, guidelines on crime reporting, list of abbreviations, and index. For a companion volume discussing the laws, see NCJ-105718.