Exam 17: Juvenile Courts

The absence of jury trials in juvenile court reinforces what about the proceedings?

Juvenile court proceedings emphasize informality.

Reverse waivers allow a juvenile to _____ the criminal court to transfer jurisdiction to a juvenile court.

In most jurisdictions, it is _____ for law enforcement personnel or juvenile court officials to release the names of juveniles to the media.

Juveniles accused of serious offenses may be tried as adults.

The age at which a child becomes an adult is called the upper age of _____.

Proponents of the _____ Model of criminal justice argue that children who commit crimes should be punished as adults.

Under what legal doctrine can the government intervene to protect the child if the parents are failing in their responsibilities?

Automatic waivers are built on what premise?

Less serious juvenile cases are handled…

Juvenile courts' interventions in the lives of children and families was based on the legal doctrine of

Prosecutorial waivers are sometimes called

Parental rights may be terminated altogether if a juvenile court judge determines that the parents failed in their responsibility to raise a child properly.

Status offenses involve acts that are illegal only for juveniles.

Less serious juvenile cases are petitioned and handled formally.

In contrast to the criminal courtroom work group, in the juvenile courtroom work group

An increase in the public's fear of juvenile crime has led to what?

Historically, those eight years old and older were considered adults in the eyes of the law, prosecuted as adults, convicted as adults, and served their sentences in the same prison cells as adults.

In child-victim cases the child has committed no crime.

With regard to juvenile proceedings, juveniles have the right against self-incrimination.