Explain how In Re Gault affected the treatment of juvenile offenders

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The Court rejected the doctrine of parens patriae as giving the juvenile court unbridled discretion and required that, in hearings in which juveniles may be committed to an institution, they must have the right to counsel, to notice of the charges against them, to question witnesses, and to protection against self-incrimination.

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a. Brazil
b. Sri Lanka
c. Russia
d. Mexico

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a. due process function b. crime control function c. rehabilitation function d. bureaucratic function

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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