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LegalWays: Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile

Posted By Jennifer Bloom On January 30, 2011 @ 2:13 pm In | No Comments

By Jennifer Bloom and Sally Revak

This lesson from the LegalWays curriculum describes a process provided by Minnesota law that has the juvenile in both the juvenile system and adult system.  It has been described as “a foot in each system.”   How a juvenile becomes EJJ, what the court looks as in making its decision, and what happens if the juvenile does not complete the juvenile sentence are the topics of the lesson.  The Questions guide the student through the information and the “You Decide” activities ask the students to apply what they have learned.

Objectives

  • Students will become familiar with the juvenile delinquency procedure, with focus on Minnesota’s Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile procedure
  • Students will understand the reasoning that underlies judges’ decisions

Time to Complete

One to Two class periods

Materials Needed

Procedure

See Juvenile Delinquency Teaching Guide

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URLs in this post:

[1] LegalWays Curriculum Overview: http://www.teachingcivics.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/LegalWays-Curriculum-Overview41.docx

[2] Juvenile Delinquency Teaching Guide: http://www.teachingcivics.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Juvenile-Delinquency-Teaching-Guide11.docx

[3] Student Handout Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile: http://www.teachingcivics.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Student-Handout-Extended-Jurisdiction-Juvenile1.docx

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