JUVENILE CRIMES
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ADULT AND JUVENILE JUSTICE
ARRESTS
CRIMINAL COURTS
- The offense will be dismissed
- The offense will be handled informally
A formal petition is filed detailing al legations about your child’s conduct
INFORMAL JUVENILE CHARGES
- A stern lecture
- Mandatory community service
- Mandatory drug or alcohol treatment
- Restitution
- Probation
FORMAL JUVENILE CHARGES
- Court monitoring
- Juvenile group home placement
- Time in the juvenile division of California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
