Juvenile Justice
The place where judges decide if someone broke the law.
What is a court?
A life sentence means a person stays here forever.
What is prison?
The people who arrest someone who breaks the law.
Who are police officers?
People in prison have to live in these small rooms.
What are cells?
This is the type of court where kids’ cases are decided.
What is juvenile court?
A young person who breaks the law is called this.
What is a juvenile?
Some people think kids should be helped instead of this.
What is punished?
A person who decides what punishment someone gets in court.
Who is a judge?
Many kids in prison feel this way.
What is sad or scared?
In juvenile court, a judge decides what will happen to kids who do this.
What is break the law?
The type of crime where someone takes something that isn’t theirs.
What is stealing?
Kids’ brains are not fully grown until around this age.
What is 25?
A kid who is sent to adult court is more likely to do this again.
What is commit another crime?
Prison can be dangerous because of this.
What is violence?
This person works in court and helps kids understand what happens
Who is a counselor?
The name for a lawyer who helps defend someone in court.
What is an attorney?
This U.S. state lets 14-year-olds be tried as adults.
What is California?
Some kids break the law because they have had a bad or scary childhood experience.
What is trauma?
Families of kids in prison often have to pay a lot of this.
What is money?
This is when a judge moves a kid’s case from juvenile court to adult court
What is a transfer?
If a juvenile breaks the law, they go to this type of court.
What is juvenile court?
The name for a sentence where a person can never get out of prison.
What is life without parole?
Kids without good schools or jobs are more likely to do this.
What is commit a crime?
Some people think kids should go to school instead of here.
What is jail or prison?
Kids in juvenile court are usually treated differently because they are this.
What are minors?