In re Gault Juvenile Case - Criminal Justice Worksheet and Answer Key

Crenshaw Criminal Justice Learning Tools Worksheets are designed to be an effective tool in the ongoing effort to encourage students to remain engaged with the information they are learning. The worksheets provided will: 1) Help students identify an underlying big picture, 2) Differentiate instruction, 3) Focus students’ attention, 4) Deliver and summarize content efficiently, and 5) Connect new information to previously covered material.

This worksheet teaches students about In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967), a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision which held that the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment applies to juvenile defendants as well as to adults.