Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The Warren Court era of the U.S. Supreme Court is known as creating more due process rights for juvenile offenders.
2. Juvenile courts need not use the same standard of proof as adult criminal courts use.
3. In the 1970s, 1880s, and 1990s, juvenile delinquents were viewed as scary and threatening people who needed to be treated more like adults.
4. Some sociolegal scholars advocate abolishing the juvenile court altogether.
5. Research has demonstrated that juveniles who get the assistance of lawyers in their cases typically receive harsher sentences than those with the same sentences who did not.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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