CLASSIFICATION IN JUVENILE COURT - THE DELINQUENT CHILD AND THE CHILD IN NEED OF SUPERVISION

• NCJ Number: 14494
• Journal: Juvenile Justice Volume: 25 Issue: 1 Dated: (MAY 1974) Pages: 13-25
• Author(s): F ORLANDO; J BLACK
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 13 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Vanderbilt University
• Corporate Author: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

JUVENILE RIGHTS, THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, AND THE STIGMAS RESULTING FROM ADJUDICATION AND CLASSIFICATION ARE DISCUSSED, WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPRIETY OF THE JUVENILE COURT SERVING AS A MEANS OF INTERVENTION.

Abstract

FACTORS WHICH MAY CAUSE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ARE REVIEWED. JUVENILE COURT DEVELOPMENT, AND THE CONCEPT OF THE STATE AS PARENT ARE DISCUSSED, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO COURT INTERVENTION IN NON-CRIMINAL JUVENILE BEHAVIOR SUCH AS INCORRIGIBILITY OR TRUANCY. THE SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION, WHICH DISTINGUISHES TECHNICALLY BETWEEN DELINQUENTS AND JUVENILES IN NEED OF SUPERVISION IS ANALYZED. THE LEGAL AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM OF STIGMA, THE SOCIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE DELINQUENCY STIGMA, AND THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES TO THE CHILD ARE THEN EXAMINED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)