Discusses the juvenile court system and recent trends toward sentencing juveniles as adults.

Teens who find themselves in trouble with the law need to know how to deal with the justice system. The fact that a teen can be tried either as a juvenile, and proceed through the juvenile justice system, or as an adult, and proceed through the criminal justice system, complicates this. This user-friendly guidebook explains the differences between the two systems and the advantages and disadvantages of each. It emphasizes how teens can use their constitutional rights to defend themselves. Specific scenarios make abstract concepts easy to grasp. The author and the expert reader are both practicing lawyers.

Prepared by the Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections at the George Washington University and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.

Gale Researcher Guide for: Juveniles in the Adult System is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

This manual looks at how the lawyer conducts a criminal case in practice. It covers the relevant statutory rules and case law and provides guidance on how the actual tasks are carried out.