Which example supports the conclusion that the juvenile justice system is theoretically different from the adult criminal justice system?

a. After witnessing his 8-year-old neighbor stealing a Hershey bar from the convenience store, Officer Green reprimanded the child and brought him home to his mother. Later that week, Officer Green arrested a 36-year-old woman for shoplifting at the same store.
b. Tara was recently placed in a residential treatment facility in New York following a suicide attempt at her high school. Tara’s twin brother Lucas is in a Virginia residential treatment facility for behavioral problems.
c. Jack Brown and Joe Green are both police officers; however, Officer Brown is a juvenile officer, while Office Green has received special training as an adult officer.
d. Adam hit his classmates at age 5, stole at age 8, set fires at age 12, and was incarcerated for aggravated assault at age 26.


a. After witnessing his 8-year-old neighbor stealing a Hershey bar from the convenience store, Officer Green reprimanded the child and brought him home to his mother. Later that week, Officer Green arrested a 36-year-old woman for shoplifting at the same store.

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