Definiciones sobre la dependencia y delincuencia de menores en Arizona

Explicación Simple

Esta ley explica qué significa que un niño esté en peligro o cometa delitos. Se enfoca en proteger a los menores que no tienen un hogar adecuado o que están en malas compañías.

Es como cuidar un jardín: si no se les da atención y cuidado a las plantas (los niños), pueden marchitarse o crecer torcidas. Los adultos deben asegurarse de que los niños crezcan sanos y felices.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina a Juanito, un niño de 14 años que vive en la calle porque sus padres lo han abandonado. Un día, lo ven pidiendo dinero en una esquina. Según la ley, Juanito podría ser considerado un menor dependiente y necesitar ayuda.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

13-3612 . Definitions; contributing to dependency or delinquency For the purposes of sections 13-3613 through 13-3618, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Delinquency" means any act that tends to debase or injure the morals, health or welfare of a child. 2. "Delinquent person" includes any person under the age of eighteen years who violates a law of this state, or an ordinance of a county, city or town defining crime. 3. "Dependent person" means a person under the age of eighteen years: (a) Who is found begging, receiving or gathering alms, whether actually begging or under the pretext of selling or offering anything for sale. (b) Who is found in a street, road or public place with the intent of begging, gathering or receiving alms. (c) Who is a vagrant. (d) Who is found wandering and who does not have a home, or a settled place of abode, or a guardian or any visible means of subsistence. (e) Who has no parent or guardian willing to exercise, or capable of exercising, proper parental control over the dependent person. (f) Who is destitute. (g) Whose home, by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity of the dependent person's parents, or either of them, or on the part of the dependent person's guardian, or on the part of the person in whose custody or care the dependent person may be, is an unfit place for such person. (h) Who frequents the company of reputed criminals, vagrants or prostitutes. (i) Who is found living or being in a house of prostitution or assignation. (j) Who habitually visits, without a parent or guardian, a saloon or place where spirituous, vinous or malt liquors are sold, bartered or given away. (k) Who persistently refuses to obey the reasonable orders or directions of the dependent person's parent or guardian. (l) Who is incorrigible and who i