shoplifting is an offense that is illegal only when it is committed by minors.
shoplifting is an offense that is illegal only when it is committed by minors.
offenses that are illegal only when they are committed by minors?
shoplifting
procedures in juvenile court, for juveniles charged with delinquent acts (acts that would be crimes if committed by adults) or status offenses (offenses that can only be committed by minors, such as running away from home, curfew violations and truancy) are typically less formal than proceedings in adult courts. proceedings may be closed to the public, and a juvenile offender's name may be kept out of the public record.









































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juvenile court
a swiss study reviewing the criminal record of 231 men who were charged with viewing child pornography found that those without a prior sexual conviction are unlikely to sexually assault a child. the study found that in the six years before the 2002 police operation, 1% were known to have committed a hands-on sexual offense and 1% committed a hands-on sex offense in the six years afterwards. the study reinforces previous research that consumers are well-educated and view other types of illegal pornography like acts involving animals and violence as well. author frank urbaniok said it should not automatically be assumed that they were a risk for sexually assaulting a child and said: "our results support the assumption that these consumers, in fact, form a distinct group of sex offenders. probably, the motivation for consuming child pornography differs from the motivation to physically assault minors. furthermore, the recidivism rates of 1% for hands-on and 4% for hands-off sex offences were quite low." a 2005 paper by canadian researchers michael seto and angela eke found that of 201 men charged with child pornography offenses, 24% had committed prior offenses of sexual contact and 4% went on to commit subsequent sexual offenses after being charged or prosecuted.
relationship between child pornography and child sexual abuse