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Juvenile Justice Act, 2015: A Law in Conceptual Collapse
Introduction The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 is not simply a weaker form of criminal law, it is quite muddled. At its foundation is an ongoing identity dilemma: the law struggles to determine if a child in conflict with the law (CICL) is an offender or a recipient of help, a wrongdoer or a victim. It adopts the structure of adult criminal procedure, inquiry, evidence, bail, remand, while asserting that it is not a prosecution. It rebrands punishment as rehabilitation, prisons
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