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1980: New N.C. Juvenile Code• concern about growth in juvenile crime andserious and chronic offenders• focused on dispositions, “corrections,” and needfor community resources• continued to address all categories of juvenilestogether• expanded due process protections• expanded dispositional options• lowered undisciplined age to 16• added emancipation and expungement
1994: Special Crime Session1. lowered from 14 to 13 the age at which– court must conduct probable cause hearingsin felony cases– juvenile’s case may be transferred to superiorcourt– transfer mandatory for first degree murder2. first provision for use of delinquencyadjudication as aggravating factor in criminalcase
Page 2 and 3: The first Juvenile court in North C
Page 4 and 5: Early practice followed English com
Page 6 and 7: 1907 legislation authorized Stonewa
Page 8 and 9: 1919 - N.C. Juvenile Court Act• N
Page 10 and 11: 1919 Juvenile Court Act• in every
Page 12 and 13: Emergence of Juvenile Rightsin Deli
Page 16 and 17: 1997-1998: Governor’s Commission
Page 18 and 19: Initial jurisdiction• age at time
Page 20 and 21: Variety of Age Distinctions in Juve
Page 22 and 23: North Carolinaand Juvenile Age Juri
Page 24: Resources• Birckhead, Tamar R., N

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