Intent in Fact, Insanity and Infancy: Elusory Concepts in the Exercise of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
Date
1973
Authors
Frey, Martin A.
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Publisher
California Western Law Review
Abstract
"Juvenile delinquency," when employed as a technical term rather than merely a descriptive phrase, is entirely a legislative product. Its meaning varies from country to country and from state to state. Delinquency in one jurisdiction may be criminality in another, or it may be both delinquency and criminality in the same jurisdiction, or it may be neither. Professor Frey discusses this seeming conundrum.
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Keywords
Juvenile delinquency
Citation
9 Cal. W. L. Rev. 273