The agency's approach to dependency cases and delinquency cases were the same-provide social services to the child and the family.

There are about a half-dozen public defenders, one for each courtroom, to handle the 2,200 delinquency cases brought here each year.

Prosecutors for the City Law Department, which handles juvenile delinquency cases, are not allowed to discuss pending cases publicly.

And among the juvenile delinquency cases, many grow out of the typical defiance and poor judgment of adolescence.

But Corporate Crime Reporter says they "were originally intended for minor drug cases and juvenile delinquency cases."

They are able to issue orders, make findings, and official decisions in juvenile cases, juvenile delinquency cases, adoption, and parental rights issues.

To effectuate their rights under section 43, the change allows victims to seek a delay in an adult criminal or juvenile delinquency case.

Generally, the Legal Aid Society represents children, including most in delinquency cases, and the court-appointed lawyers represent adults.

Since 1960, the number of delinquency cases handled by juvenile courts nationwide has nearly quadrupled, rising to 1.55 million in 1994.

Among delinquency cases, violent crimes are rising the fastest.