Part 43 Juvenile delinquency

1.A child is considered legally incapable of committing a crime.

2.All juvenile records are closed and confidential at the court's discretion.

3.Being a minor,he would not be charged as an adult for a criminal act.

4.Having taken the age of the accused into consideration,the court has decided to give him a suspended sentence.

5.A Person who has reached the age of fourteen but not the age of eighteen

who commits a crime shall be given a lesser punishment or a mitigated punishment.

6.The appeal court quashed the care order made by the juvenile court.

7.The emphasis in juvenile courts is upon rehabilitation of youthful offenders rather than punishment.

8.The juvenile court may expunge or destroy the records of a juvenile at any time.

9.The juvenile delinquent was sent to the reformatory.

10.When the offense was committed,he was under the age of majority.

未成年人違法

未成年人在法律上被視為無犯罪能力的。

法庭有權(quán)裁量將任何未成年人的違法記錄進行保密。

作為未成年人，他將不會因犯罪行為像成人一樣被起訴。

考慮到被告的年齡，法院決定給他緩期處刑。

已滿14周歲但未滿18周歲的人犯罪，應(yīng)當從輕或者減輕處罰。

上訴法院廢除了少年法院簽發(fā)的監(jiān)護。

少年法庭的重心是使青少年違者回歸社會而非懲罰。

少年法庭可在任何時候刪除或者銷毀未成年人的記錄。

該少年違者被關(guān)進教養(yǎng)院改造。

犯罪時他還未成年。