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First Contact: Delinquents and the police t o Arrests and Minority Youths. Police Discretion and Juvenile Crime. Police arrest about 2.3 million youths under the age of eighteen each year.
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First Contact: Delinquents and the police to Arrests and Minority Youths
Police Discretion and Juvenile Crime • Police arrest about 2.3 million youths under the age of eighteen each year. • In most states,poilce officers must have probable cause to believe that the minor had committed an offense just as they would if the suspect was an adult. • Loco Parentis-In the place of the parent
Low-Visibility Decision Making • About 85 percent of the cases in juvenile courts are referred by police Factors • Nature of the crime • Past history • Setting where crime took place • Race and gender • Attitude of offender • Parent involvement