• Introduction
  • How The Criminal Process Begins
  • Differences From The Civil Courts
  • Searches And Seizures
  • Grand Juries
  • Indictment
  • Arrest, Interrogation and Bail
  • Plea Bargains
  • Defenses and Exceptions
  • Evidence
  • Trial
  • Specific Offenses
  • Abduction
  • Arson
  • Assault and Battery
  • Attempted Crimes
  • Bigamy
  • Blackmail or Extortion
  • "Bounced" or Worthless Checks
  • Bribery
  • Burglary
  • Carjacking
  • Conspiracy
  • Computer Crimes
  • Criminal Trespass
  • Disorderly Conduct
  • Driving While Intoxicated
  • Drug or Narcotic Crimes
  • Drunkeness
  • Embezzlement
  • Endangering a Child
  • Failure to Render Aid
  • Forgery
  • Gambling
  • Harassment
  • Homicide
  • Incest
  • Identity Theft
  • Juvenile Crimes
  • Kidnapping
  • Larceny or Theft
  • Libel
  • Obscenity
  • Perjury
  • Prostitution
  • Rape
  • Receipt of Stolen Goods
  • Robbery
  • Stalking
  • Terroristic Threats
  • Weapons Possession
  • Sentencing
  • Parole
  • Retaining a Criminal Defense Attorney
  • Your Criminal Case

    • Juvenile Crimes

    All states have special courts that deal with minors who have committed crimes. Minors have special rights that allow the disposition of their cases to remain private and unavailable to public examination. Additionally, juveniles do not have the right to a jury trial. Crimes involving juveniles have a different and less severe range of punishment than the same crimes committed by an adult. The basis for different treatment of juvenile crimes is that minors have less, or a complete absence of, criminal intent. However, most states now have laws that allow minors to be tried as adults in many cases. In some, children as young as 14 years old can be tried for felony crimes as adults.

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