How To Understand The Critical Florida Juvenile Justice System
How is defending a juvenile different from an adult? You're not dealing with a fully formed person, explains Fort Lauderdale juvenile attorney Regina Tsombanakis. Many act out from a lack of guidance, love, or safety, and foster-care youth are especially wary. It takes patience to reach them—but they must learn consequences, or they head to the adult system at seventeen.
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Answered by Regina Tsombanakis · Fort Lauderdale, FL
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How is defending a juvenile different?
You're not dealing with a fully formed person—many act out from a lack of guidance, love, or safety, so it takes patience to reach them.
How do you earn a foster-care youth's trust?
Foster-care kids are especially wary and bring skepticism, so it takes patience to earn their trust, and they must learn consequences or they head to the adult system at seventeen.
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