WHO IS A JUVINILE?

A juvinile delequent is a juvinile found guilty of comming delequent act. Its also some one who is too young to be tried as adult as an adult. The age at which a person can be tried as an adult varies between states, but is ordinarily the age of seventeen or eighteen. This age can go down for certain serious offenses, such as homicide or sexual assault. Most legal proceedings in respect of juveniles are brought in special magistrates' courts known as juvenile courts, where the procedure is simpler and less formal than in an adult magistrates' court. Members of the public are not admitted and the name of the juvenile may not be disclosed in any report of the proceedings. Juvenile offenders cannot be sentenced to imprisonment; instead they may be sent to a young offender institution.