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inlawrev-25116	Watson, Travis	From the Playhouse to the Courthouse: Indiana's Need for a Statutory Minimum Age for Juvenile Delinquency Adjudication	2021	27	.pdf	application/pdf	12149	720	60	In theory, any child committing a crime in Indiana, no matter how young, could be arrested, processed through the juvenile justice system, and sentenced to serve time in a detention facility.89 Unlike upper age limits, there is no consistency when it comes to states’ minimum age laws.90 Because of juvenile courts shifting to resemble adult courts, states have passed legislation to offer protections for young children by not allowing them to be subject to the juvenile justice system’s jurisdiction.91 States that have minimum age legislation take different approaches to how laws are written and enforced.92 Most states simply have an absolute bar on juvenile jurisdiction based on age alone.93 Along with an absolute bar, other states 84. 18 U.S.C. § 5031 (2018). 85. In recent years, juvenile justice systems have increased the number of substance abuse programs to keep up with the demand of juveniles needing assistance, however, it is still not enough to keep up with the growing drug epidemic in the United States.158 A statutory minimum age will allow children the opportunity to get quicker, more specialized, private treatment by not having to spend time going through the juvenile justice system where their individual needs may not be met.	cache/inlawrev-25116.pdf	txt/inlawrev-25116.txt