Juvenile Court Characteristics

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Texas Juvenile Courts

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Introduction

A juvenile is a person who was less than 17 years old but more than 10 years old when he or she committed an act defined as a delinquent act or a conduct in need of supervision . This is an act if committed by an adult could lead to imprisonment . A conduct in need of supervision (CINS ) is a conduct that if committed by an adult could result in a fine

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Characteristics in Texas

According to Roberts (2004 , when a juvenile has been found to have committed a CINS or delinquent conduct , he /she is adjudicated Texas juvenile board is in charge of the juvenile justice operations It 's made up of district court judges and country court judges . The juvenile board decides which court that will be used as a juvenile court in the county . There are different courts that are involved : district Constitutional County or county courts

District courts are courts of general jurisdiction constitutional county courts have concurrent authority with district judges and county courts may have concurrent authority with district judges or it may vary according to the statute that formed them (Zimring , 2005

When a juvenile has been found with an adjudicated conduct , the following is done : the person can be placed on probation , sent to the Texas youth commission (TYC ) with an indeterminable sentence . However this can only be done in victims of felony offences or it can...