Assignment 4: State supreme courts and The United States Supreme Court had been on a roll in extending juvenile protective rights upon arrest.  However, The High Court did not provide carte blanch.  McKeiver v Pennsylvania put on the brakes where the extension of juvenile rights was concerned. 

Please read McKeiver v Pennsylvania and conduct a legal brief.  A legal brief requires the following: the case title, statement of the issue of the case, the details of the case background, and the way in which the court ruled, with an explanation supporting that ruling.  

Upon the conclusion of this legal brief, take a stand on the final ruling of the case.  Do you agree or disagree with the decision made by The High Court?

Discussion 4: Juvenile female offending tends to take a “different shape” from the delinquency of their male counterparts.  Discuss these differences.  What are the crimes for which young women are arrested?  Why do these differences exist? What are recent trends in terms of young women and juvenile delinquencyLinks to an external site.? Given their different approach to delinquency, what different methods need to be utilized to prevent female juvenile delinquency?  What different methods of sanction or consequence should be used to manage and deter future female delinquency?