Match the Following Terms with Their Meanings

Multiple Choice

Match the following terms with their meanings.
-Parens patriate

A) Prosecutor decides to try a juvenile as an adult.
B) Juvenile court judge forgoes jurisdiction over a case and transfers it to criminal court.
C) Criminal courts have original jurisdiction for certain crimes committed by juveniles.
D) In cases where a juvenile is tried as an adult, the criminal court judge can impose juvenile sentences that would ordinarily be available only to juvenile court.
E) Juvenile court judge can impose both juvenile and adult sanctions on certain categories of serious juvenile offenders.