The informal and cooperative juvenile proceedings that took place many years ago have changed starting with the United States Supreme Court's decision in In Re Gault, which declared that juveniles had many of the constitutional procedural protections given to adult criminal defendants. As a result, today's juvenile proceedings differ only slightly from adult criminal trials. However, many juveniles' legal problems relate to schools and school safety and involve searches of some kind. Thus, the issue is usually whether the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution applies and whether it has been violated. Opinions include the view that school children have the same Constitutional protections as adults and the view that juveniles have rights and must not be abused, but they are subject to supervision, direction, and controls in the schools and on school grounds. Adopting the latter view would give teachers and principals the support they need to preserve order in the classrooms and school grounds. In addition, the public needs education regarding the importance of school safety.