What Does A Court Disposition Look Like

Larceny. Assault. Illegal Purchases. Other Drug and Alcohol Crimes. Violent Crimes. Sexual Offenses. Status Offenses. Vandalism.

A judicial waiver occurs when a juvenile court judge transfers a case from juvenile to adult court in order to deny the juvenile the protections that juvenile jurisdictions provide.

Home confinement/house arrest. Placement with someone other than a parent or guardian. Juvenile hall/juvenile detention facility. Probation after juvenile hall. Secured juvenile facilities. Adult jail. Juvenile and adult jail. Verbal warning.

The Supreme Court has not ruled on whether juveniles have the right to bail, the right to a speedy trial, or the right to self- representation under the United States Constitution, and the North Carolina General Assembly did not extend those rights to juveniles as part of the Juvenile Code. G.S. 7B- 2405.

How are juvenile cases handled? In North Carolina, juvenile cases are sent to the state district courts for hearings. These courts have authority over delinquent and undisciplined juveniles.

Although courts with juvenile jurisdiction handle a variety of cases, including abuse, neglect, adoption, and traffic violations, the Juvenile Court Statistics series focuses on the disposition of delinquency cases and formally pro- cessed status offense cases.

School Problems. Economic Problems. Substance Abuse Home Life. Substance Abuse Personal. Physical Abuse At Home. Lack Of Adult Interaction. Peer Pressure Neighborhood Influence.

Not all cases heard in juvenile court are delinquency cases (those involving the commission of a crime). There are two other types of cases: dependency cases and status offenses. Different procedures typically apply to all three types of juvenile court cases. Juvenile delinquency cases.