juveniles have no right to bail. As can be noted, UD and French procedures are not that different as they have a common goal: to protect, as much as possible, the interest of the minor offender. Nevertheless, except for detention (the separation from adults as well as parents' awareness), the priorities are different. The US prefers the confidentiality of minors, but France stresses accommodating the juvenile within the criminal system. Both systems protect but not in the same way. In France, an attorney is compulsory. In the US, there is no jury. As noted, the goal of the juvenile justice in France and the US is clearly to educate child offenders, rather than punish them, even if some measures can be severe. Sanctions incurred by minors The order of February 2, 1945 relative to the childhood delinquency contains three measures to punish French minor offenders: Firstly, the educational measure can be an admonition, a particular educational placing, under legal protection (up to five years) or a supervised freedom. Secondly, the mediation-retrieval measure in which the minor is involved in the reparation of the damage he caused. The victim must approve. A minor between 16 and 18 may be submitted to a general interest working. Thirdly, the imprisonment measure that may not exceed half of the adult imprisonment term. However, oldest minors (over 16) may have the same penalty as adults if the offence is serious. The punishment depends on the minor's age. As aforesaid, if he is under 7 or 8, he can have no punishment. If he is between 8 and 13, the sentence is nothing more than an educational punishment. If he is over 13, he can have both an educational and a criminal punishment, but the tribunal has to explain its decision according to the minor's personality and the circumstances. The US is less divided. The penalty is equal for each juvenile offender over 10, and there is no stage differentiation between measures. However, the measures themselves are quite the same: Placing the delinquent in the care of an institution to take care of him Placing the delinquent in an alternative incarceration program Ordering the delinquent to participate in a treatment program Ordering the child to work in public buildings or private property Ordering the child to take part to the reparation of the damage he caused Committing the delinquent to the Department of Children and Families