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Romano told VICE News the case defies the federal Juvenile Justice Delinquency Act, a protective measure that the Center for Children's Law and Policy says is under attack.
States' authority to separate youths from adults was reaffirmed by the federal government with the passing of the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act of 1938.
It has as a mandate to protect children from exploitation, abuse and involvement in criminal activities and prevent delinquency acts by young people.
Group delinquency as opposed to individual delinquency, use of weapons, and severe delinquent acts were all associated with higher depression scores.
Higher depression scores were observed in some offenders, in particular in group delinquency rather than in individual delinquent acts, in the group of young offenders using weapons, and in the group with more severe delinquent acts.
Troubled young men, the researchers note, externalize their emotions and tend toward violent acts in their delinquency -- acts that don't generally require a sophisticated understanding of how other people think.
When Congress reauthorizes the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, it should press the states to end this barbaric practice.
Under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, the states agreed to humanize their often Dickensian juvenile justice systems in exchange for increased federal aid.
Congress must now reshape the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act so that it provides the states with the money and the expertise they need to develop more enlightened juvenile justice policies.
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 created a far-sighted partnership between the federal government and the states that agreed to remake often barbaric juvenile justice systems in exchange for federal aid.
Patrick's family and lawyers say that the original decision not to try him in the local county court, as the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act requires, must have had something to do with the connection to the former president.
