Compare and contrast the juvenile justice system and the adult criminal justice system
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Today the juvenile justice system has jurisdiction over two distinct categories of offenders: delinquents and status offenses. Juvenile delinquency is a term applied to children who fall under a jurisdictional age limit that varies from state to state and who commit an act in violation of the penal code. Status offenders commit acts forbidden to minors, which include truancy and being habitually disobedient and ungovernable. Some states include classes of offenders or offenses from the juvenile justice system who commit serious violent offenses such as rape or murder and may be automatically excluded from juvenile justice in favor of treating and punishing them as adults on the premise that they stand little chances of rehabilitation on the confines of the juvenile justice system. Additionally, the primary purpose of juvenile procedures is protection and treatment: with adults, the aim is to punish the guilty. Jurisdiction is different in the two systems; juveniles are determined by age and adult jurisdiction is determined by the nature of offense. Reference Exhibit 13.2 on page 329.
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