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Because the juvenile justice system espouses the philosophy of parens patriae, it allows for more

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discretion This is so because the state basically takes responsibility under paren patriae principle to be the guardian of kids whose parents have failed in fulfilling the duties responsible of a parent or guardian towards a child or an invalid
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