Trying a juvenile as an adult means that the person committing the offense, although still considered a minor or "child" in chronological age or years, has lost the legal protections that being a minor normally entitles them to. They will be tried according to the guidelines the law uses for adults - individuals considered old enough to be aware of the consequences of their actions.
whether the juvenile is intellectually competent to assist in his or her defense
The court is attempting to send the juvenile to be tried in adult court
Under/less than an adult, not yet full grown, a juvenile.
For serious crimes, a juvenile can sometimes be tried as an adult. The jail will not put a juvenile offender in a cell with an adult offender.
(noun: underage person) He was tried as a juvenile, and not as an adult which would have yielded harsher punishment. (adjective: underage, immature) His behavior was often juvenile, and he would shout at you if who disagreed with him. The juvenile raccoon was still trying to follow its mother around.
A delinquent juvenile is a young person who has committed a crime or violated a law. They may be subject to the juvenile justice system rather than the adult criminal justice system.
It depends on the juvenile and the offense.
The word juvenile means not yet adult. You are a juvenile human.
No, once they are certified with a criminal adult status, they no longer qualify for the juvenile justice system.
Maybe, If your acting juvenile.
Old, mature, or adult. Those words are the opposite of juvenile.
The same things people do who go to adult prison. Where you go depends on if you are tried as an adult or juvenile.