JUVENILE AND ADULT SYSTEM

Juvenile and Adult System

Juvenile and Adult System

When a child is considered an adult for the purposes of administering justice?

In Florida, you have to be 21 to drink alcohol and 18 to vote and to have full driving privileges. But the state is one of the couple of in which a 16- or 17-year-old is advised an adult in the eyes of the law. Action for Children suggests that situations with supposes under age 18 be under the jurisdiction of the juvenile scheme by default unless is charged with first-degree murder. (Simmons, 2002)

Is it consistent throughout all ...