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Taking the Long View
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In the past, what happened in
the juvenile system mattered
only there. When the child
turned 18, the slate was wiped
clean. This is no longer the
case.
While the immediate outcome of
an adjudication is often the
greatest concern to our juvenile
clients, there are many serious
long-term consequences which we
ask our clients and their
parents to consider as well.
A wide range of both criminal
and non-criminal consequences
and disabilities may be
relevant. The increasing
loss of secrecy for juvenile
records may impair educational
and career options. Juvenile
adjudications may constitute
predicate offenses in a future
consideration of transfer to
adult court. If a petition
alleging a sex offense is
sustained, a juvenile may be
required to submit to
offense-specific treatment and
register with the state's sex
offender registry well into
adulthood -- often simply due to
acts that were once considered
"part of growing up."
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