Exam 12: Community-Based Corrections for Juveniles: Giving Kids the Chance They Need

______ requires youths to remain at home during specific time periods and is often used in conjunction with electronic monitoring to enforce curfew.

Between 1987 and 1993 juvenile crime increases centered on the arrest rate for murder, which increased by 110 percent.

In school-based probation, the juvenile probation officer is located directly in a school rather than in the traditional courthouse environment.

Juvenile drug courts (JDC) are intensive treatment programs established within and supervised by juvenile courts to provide specialized services for eligible drug-involved youth.

The first juvenile court in the United States was established in______in 1899.

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In McKeiver v. Pennsylvania, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that hearing a case in both juvenile and criminal court constitutes double jeopardy.

In the past two decades, the number of girls entering the juvenile justice system has risen at a rate much higher than that for boys.

One reason that probation is rarely used in the juvenile justice system is the high number of status offenders.

______ is a term to label a new breed of antisocial, radically impulsive, and brutally cold- blooded youths who commit violent crimes and generally wreak havoc on communities.

Juvenile probation officers are in essence the eyes and ears of the court, serving as both compliance officers and brokers of services.

______ is a judicial hearing wherein guilt or innocence is determined either by the child's admission or by trial by a court or jury.

______ is a child charged with an offense not classified as criminal, or with an offense applicable only to children

In only 40% of all delinquency cases are juveniles placed on probation.

Research studies using meta-analysis techniques have found that______.

A study conducted by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) of the Utah juvenile justice system showed that community-based corrections saved the state money.

______ is a Latin phrase used to describe the power of the state to act in place of the parents for the purpose of protecting the property and person of a child.

In the juvenile justice system,______serves as an alternative sentence for youths whose crimes are not severe enough to warrant confinement and yet are too serious to be placed on regular probation.

Research has consistently shown that well-structured community-based programs for juveniles can reduce recidivism more effectively than traditional correctional programs and at less cost.

______ is a series of services that prepare out-of-home placed juveniles for reentry into the community via collaborative arrangements with the community to ensure the delivery of prescribed services and supervision.