Adult criminal justice system

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• Releases/diversion to community resources

1. Prosecutorial discretion

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   • Is when the prosecution decides whether or not to charge a person for a crimeand which criminal charges to file.
2. Non-law enforcement sources

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   • Diversion
   1. Law enforcement

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      • Councel and release to parents/diversion to community resources
3. Statutory exclusion

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   • A juvenile accused of an excluded offense is treated as an adult from the begining.
4. Detention Hearing

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   • Releases
   1. Judicial waiver

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      • When a juvenile court transfer case from a juvenile to adult court to deny the juvenile previleges under the jurvenile jurisdictions
   2. Petition filed
      1. Transfer to juvenile court

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         • When a court decides if a juvenile should ne transfer to adult court.
      2. Guilty plea

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         • When a defendant admits guilt and his sentence without a trail.
         1. Custodial

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            • When found guilty they either held in jail or prison or sent to juvenile facility.
            1. Revocation
               1. Community supervision, fine, Community service, Restitution
                  1. Release
            2. Foster home, Group home, Camp/Ranch/School, Secure facility
      3. Adjudication

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         • acquitted charges dismissed
         1. Conditional Release

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            • When you are release from either custody of the juvenile facility or from court. where the individual is place under conditional stipulations.
            1. Appeal

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               • An appeal is a challenge to a previous legal determinationsis directed towards a legal power higher than the power making the challenged determination. In most states and the federal system, trail court determinations can be appealed in an appellate court. www.law.cornell.edu/wex/appeal
         2. Nominal
            1. Reprimand
            2. warning