...that Gonzales vs. Mailliard, 1971 cause was a great change because police officers usually arrested juveniles using 601 phrase. It all started with a young girl saying that she got raped by fifteen boys from a gang. She could only identify three by name and the rest she couldn’t. Some police officers went to where it happened and arrested ten more members, they use 601 phrase. It states in the book “this was not the first time that police had used the 601 WIC statue to arrest member of this gang.” A crime may have been committed but the police already tried to get the gang before using the same statue that they were using pertaining to the rape. This just shows us that they may have been doing the same thing with other juveniles so they can be send to juvenile hall....
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