What Is a Delinquent Child?
According to the Juvenile Act, composed by the Juvenile Court Judges Commission (JCJC), a delinquent child is a child ten years of age or older whom the court has found to have committed a delinquent act and is in need of treatment, supervision, or rehabilitation. What Is a Delinquent Act? According to the Juvenile Act, composed by the Juvenile Court Judges Commission (JCJC), a delinquent act is defined as follows: 1. The term means an act designated a crime under the law of this Commonwealth, or of another state if the act occurred in that state, or under Federal law, or under local ordinances. 2. The term shall not include: a. The crime of murder. b. Any of the following prohibited conduct where the child was 15 years of age or older at the time of the alleged conduct, and a deadly weapon as defined in 18 Pa.C.S. 2301 (relating to definitions) was used during the commission of the offense, which, if committed by an adult, would be classified as: i. Rape. ii. Involuntary deviate sexua
