Juvenile Court Case Report

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The field trip to juvenile court was a good experience. I learned and saw a lot. The cases consisted of children under the age of 17 who were considered delinquent, unruly, or in need of treatment. There was one cases where a young boy stole from Subway and Hollywood Connections and Judge Kennon sentenced him to attend the after school program at the all boys club. They did not specify what he stole from both of these locations. For the second case it was a little girl who was there for battery and terroristic threats. When she walked into the court room you could tell that she had bad behavior. From her body language you could tell that she did not really care that she was in court. For her case, he also recommended DFCS to come in. On the

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