Part 3: Adjudication and Disposition

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Activity 3A: Advocacy in Juvenile Court

Video: Advocacy in Juvenile Court (12:49)
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Activity 3B: Due Process Protections

Due Process Rights

Foundations in Law, Unit 2: The Legal System in Action. See Handout 14: The Legal Landscape for the GFSA for a summary of the issues decided in Seal v. Morgan.

http://lawandjustice.edc.org/unit/unit-2-legal-system-action.pdf

Activity 3C: Appropriate Goals

Video: Adjudication (20:57)

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Plea Bargaining in Juvenile Court

Shepherd, Robert E. Plea Bargaining in Juvenile Court. Criminal Justice Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 2008. c. 2008 American Bar Association. http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publishing/criminal_justice_section_newsletter/crimjust_cjmag_23_3_shepherd.authcheckdam.pdf

Heupel, Dana. Study finds lack of justice for juveniles. State Journal-Register. Springfield, IL. October 31, 2007,. http://www.njdc.info/pdf/illinois_assessment_press/illinois_press_sjr.pdf

Activity 2, Lesson 2: the Process: Hearings and Plea Bargaining. Stanford Street Law.
http://streetlaw.stanford.edu/Curriculum/Lesson2.pdf
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Activity 3C: Child or Adult?

Brain Research, Adolescence, and the Law

American Bar Association
http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publishing/criminal_justice_section_newsletter/crimjust_juvjus_Adolescence.authcheckdam.pdf

Juveniles in the Adult System

Juvenile Justice
Frontline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/

Juvies
http://www.juvies.net/index.php

Childhood Interrupted (20:50)
http://vimeo.com/8371322

Activity 3D: Making a Case

Foundations in Law, Unit 2: The Legal System in Action
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