Exam 17: Juveniles and Corrections

The greatest success of neuroscience research into the adolescent brain has been the elimination of the juvenile death penalty.

By 1945, every state in the union had established juvenile court systems

The age-crime curve is formed from the statistical count of the number of known crimes committed in a population over a given period according to age.

The age-crime curve reflects a sharp increase in offending beginning in

Define restorative justice.

Approximately 15% of arrests for ______ are attributable to juveniles.

The drop in the black _____ rate is noteworthy.

Juveniles become increasingly more likely to be waived if they are chronic offenders approaching the upper age limit of their juvenile court's jurisdiction.

Adolescent-limited offenders tent to commit offenses, such as

Discuss the three Supreme Court cases that have dealt with juvenile due process rights.