Chat with AIExam 13: The Juvenile Justice System
A particular problem area for girls appears to be the crime of:
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Describe the four primary stages of pretrial juvenile justice procedure.
(39) VerifiedWhen a juvenile is referred to the juvenile court, the intake process begins.During intake, an official of the juvenile court-usually a probation officer, but sometimes a judge-must decide, in effect, what to do with the offender: dismiss the case, divert the offender to a social-service program, transfer the case to adult court, or file a petition for a formal hearing before the juvenile court.The intake officer may recommend that the juvenile be diverted from the juvenile justice system.Diversion options include probation, treatment and aid, and restitution.The intake officer may recommend transfer of the offender to adult court.There are three types of waiver: judicial waiver, legislative waiver, and prosecutorial waiver.The intake officer may also place the offender in detention, or temporary custody in a secure facility, until the disposition process begins.In justifying its decision to detain, the court will usually address one of three issues: 1.Whether the child poses a danger to the community.2.Whether the child will return for the adjudication process.3.Whether detention will provide protection for the child.
Many researchers believe that by the age of ____________, and adolescent has the same ability as an adult to make a competent decision.
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The older a person is, the less likely he or she will be to exhibit criminal behavior.
(30) Which was the first court case to extend due process rights to children?
(41) The juvenile justice system uses the same terminology as found in the adult criminal justice system.
(39) Diversion programs vary widely, but generally fall into three general categories, including all of the following EXCEPT:
(27) The efforts of the child savers culminated with the passage of the Illinois Juvenile Court Act in _______.
(41) Juveniles who are released from secure facilities are placed in ____________ programs.
(33) In In re Winship, the Supreme Court required the government to prove ____ that a juvenile had committed an act of delinquency.
(31) In which case did the Supreme Court require the government to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that a juvenile had committed an act of delinquency, raising the burden of proof from a "preponderance of the evidence?"
(42) The infliction of physical or emotional damage on a child without any plausible explanation, such as an accident, is referred to as:
(34) Twenty-nine states have taken the waiver out of judicial hands through ___________, also known as legislative waiver.
(31) Differences between the adult justice system and the juvenile justice system include:
(36) The age at which a juvenile first exhibits delinquent behavior is the:
(49) Which landmark case resulted in a ruling that youths can be detained if they are deemed a "risk" to the safety of the community or to their own welfare?
(35) What form of child abuse occurs when the child is denied certain necessities such as shelter, food, care, and love?
(33) A juvenile's first contact with the juvenile justice system usually comes through a:
(39) The decision in McKeiver v.Pennsylvania represented the one instance in which the Court did not move the juvenile court further toward the adult model.
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