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which of the following is not a major difference between adult and juvenile court?

A)The juvenile court system focuses on rehabilitation while the adult court system focuses on criminality.

BThe juvenile court system hold public hearings, while in the adult court system hearings are Private.

C)The juvenile court system allows juveniles to be released into parental custody, while in the adult court system convicted criminals need to post bail (if applicable).

D)The juvenile court system conducts court as a hearing, while in the adult court system offenders are given trial.

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BThe juvenile court system does not allow juveniles to have a public hearing.

The correct answer is B. The Juvenile court system hold public hearings while in the adult court system hearings are private.

In juvenile court it focusses on the rehabilitation of juveniles whereby more sentencing options are offered as being compared to criminal system for acts which are delinquent but not crimes.

A juvenile can be charged as an adult if he has commited a crime like sexual assault, mueder and armed robbery which is accompnied by firearms.

Juvenile courts are different from adults in that juvenile are not afforded to have right to trial in public by jury and their cases are being decided only by the judge.

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