Chapter 13 True/False Self-Quiz

. Juveniles never go to adult prisons.

. The juvenile court system may share personnel with the adult court system.

. The juvenile justice system has little or no focus on rehabilitation.

. Juvenile court decisions may affect entire families.

. Because of the legal reforms of the 1960s and 1970s, juvenile delinquents enjoy many of the rights afforded adults in the criminal court.

. Juveniles are never diverted from the justice system.

. There are no major differences between criminal court and juvenile court.

. Each state has its own structure and method of processing juvenile justice cases.

. In an adjudicatory hearing, the judge also acts as jury.

. As far as the criminal justice system is concerned, children may do whatever adults do.

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