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You will see that a high number of adolescents adjudicated suffering from mental disorders, substance abuse issues and some aspect of trauma.  Knowing this, do you feel that the juvenile justice system/courts does an adequate job in addressing those areas?Understanding that juveniles do suffer from various aspects of trauma, addiction or mental disorders, how much do you purport that goes into dispositions (sentencing).  Further, if such areas are identified, should juveniles be then treated differently?  Aren't adult offenders who are deemed mentally disabled (depending on disorder/medication/tx, etc.) viewed differently in the eyes of the court?

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