Exam 14: The Juvenile Offender

Aftercare is not important in the juvenile justice process because most juveniles age of custody.

What type of treatment facilities restricts the movement of residents through staff monitoring, locked exits, and interior fence controls?

Community treatment refers to efforts to provide ________________for juveniles in need.

Police officers are only allowed to use discretion with adult offenders.

The concept of ______________________is the intervention in the lives of families and children in order to protect their general welfare.

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

Treatment provided to juveniles in the public versus an institutional context is called community treatment.

An underage minor who engages in antisocial activities that are defined as criminal behavior by the state's legal code are known as:

A juvenile who runs away from home is an example of what type of offender?

Explain the role of the juvenile probation officer.

Because of concern over violent juvenile offenders and the threat they pose to the community, state legislatures have passed laws permitting juveniles to be ____________to adult court.

Females in juvenile institutions are:

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 intent of boot camps is to improve youths' self-confidence and sense of self-reliance.

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

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

Every state maintains an independent juvenile system that is based on:

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. -Edward's previous residential program was a non-secure residence that provided counseling, education, job training and family living. He was living with the Scott family when he was rearrested for these new charges. The Scott's told him he could not return to their home. What type of residential program was Edward in?

Programs for youthful offenders that usually do not confine them overnight are called ____________________.

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