Exam 14: The Juvenile Offender

What is the most widely used transfer mechanism when sending juveniles to adult court?

Edward is 16 years old. He was sentenced to a juvenile facility for possession of marijuana and for armed robbery. He is a habitual offender who previously violated his probation and was thrown out of his residential program. Shortly after his release from the residential facility, Edward is arrested for an armed robbery. This time, he caused injury to his victim. Though he is still 16, the prosecutor believes that Edward poses a threat to the community. Edward's public defender believes he should still be under the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts. In the state in which Edward resides, an armed robbery is automatically transferrable to the adult court. This type of transfer is referred to as a(an):

Community treatment refers to efforts to provide ____________________ for juveniles in need.

Jessica is 15 years old. She is always fighting with her parents over her behavior and her choice of friends. She is failing all her classes because she continually skips school. She has also run away from her house three separate times. Her parents do not know what to do with her; they are unable to manage her behavior, and she was recently brought into custody for stealing a car. Because this is Jessica's first criminal offense, the judge decides to keep her in the community in her parent's home under the supervision of an officer of the court. Jessica has been sentenced to:

Minority youths accused of delinquent acts are less likely than white youths to be diverted from the court system into informal sanctions.

Adult probation officers are different than juvenile probation officers in that:

Jessica is 15 years old. She is always fighting with her parents over her behavior and her choice of friends. She is failing all her classes because she continually skips school. She has also run away from her house three separate times. Her parents do not know what to do with her; they are unable to manage her behavior, and she was recently brought into custody for stealing a car. Jessica was charged with motor vehicle theft. Her attorney informs her that there will be a trial. In juvenile court this trial is known as a(an):

____________________ combine the elements of foster care and group home placements.

According to the text, a juvenile who runs away from home is an example of what type of offender?

The three major mechanisms used to waive juveniles are judicial waiver, prosecutorial waiver, and statutorial exclusion

Edward is 16 years old. He was sentenced to a juvenile facility for possession of marijuana and for armed robbery. He is a habitual offender who previously violated his probation and was thrown out of his residential program. After he completes his time in the residential facility, Edward is supervised so that he can make an adjustment to community living. This supervision is known as:

The supervision of juveniles who are released from correctional institutions so that they can make an optimal adjustment to community living is called ____________________.

What dispositions are available to juveniles who are transferred to adult court?

Programs conducted for the rehabilitation of youthful offenders within community-based and institutional settings are known as:

The primary goal of placing juveniles in institutions is to help them reenter the ____________________ successfully.

Explain the different types of residential community treatment programs.

Approximately how many juveniles are placed on formal probation each year in the United States?

Because of concern over violent juvenile offenders and the threat they pose to the community, state legislatures have passed laws permitting juveniles to be transferred or waived to adult court, where they can be tried and punished as adults.

The key provisions of the Illinois Juvenile Court Act of 1899 provided:

North Carolina was one of the first states to develop Youthful Offender Camps for 16- to 18-year-old males.