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The Juvenile Justice Process
Most children enter the juvenile justice system by getting into trouble with law enforcement. When a juvenile child commits a serious crime the officer must arrest the juvenile and take them to headquarters. For the less serious offenses, the officer may give the juvenile a warning, call their parents to get them, or take them home to their house. There are many steps to the juvenile justice process before a juvenile is found guilty of something.
The first step of the juvenile justice process is the police investigation. The juvenile first commits a crime where the police have the authority to investigate the action the juvenile committed and then decide whether the juvenile should be released. The decision the officer makes is usually based on his discretion and what he feels should happen at the moment. The officer will take into consideration the seriousness of the crime, the juvenile’s past actions if any, and whether the juvenile may be......

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