youth court
noun /ˈjuːθ kɔːt/
/ˈjuːθ kɔːrt/
- (in England and Wales
) a court of law for young people aged 10–17 accused of committing crimes. A district judge or three magistrates (at least one of whom is always a woman) decide whether the accused person is guilty or not. The cases are held in private and the names of those accused are usually not published. Young people aged 10–14 can only be found guilty if it is proved that they knew that what they were doing was legally and morally wrong. Youth courts used to be known as juvenile courts.英格兰和威尔士 see also young offender青年法院:针对10-17岁被控犯罪的年轻人的法院。一名地区法官或三名地方法官(至少其中一名永远是妇女)决定被告是否有罪。这些案件是私下进行的,通常不公开被告的姓名。仅当事实证明10至14岁的年轻人知道自己在做的事情在法律和道德上是错误的时,他们才能被判有罪。青年法院曾经被称为少年法院。