The Nature of the Juvenile Court Process Remained Unchanged Until

Multiple Choice

The nature of the juvenile court process remained unchanged until the 1960s. When the Warren Court began to scrutinize procedures in adult criminal courts, its attention turned also to juvenile courts. In a groundbreaking decision, the Supreme Court held in In re Gault (1967) that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applied to juvenile court proceedings. The court emphasized that “under our Constitution the condition of being a boy does not justify a kangaroo court.”
-Gault and subsequent cases signaled that the juvenile court must become a real court and its procedures must be regularized in accordance with

A) constitutional requirements.
B) parens patriae.
C) civil law.
D) criminal rules of procedure.