Exam 12: Police Work With Juveniles

There are three alternatives for providing children with legal counsel.Which of the following is not one of these alternatives?

In what U.S.Supreme Court case did the justices end juvenile sentences of life without parole?

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 prohibits the placement of status offenders in secure detention facilities. This practice is known as:

A(n)______________________ is appointed by the court and advocates on behalf of the youth's best interest,especially in abuse,neglect,and dependency cases.

Discuss the public defender program and the issues and challenges of the position.

The process in which a juvenile referral is received and a decision is made to file a petition in juvenile court to release the juvenile,to place the juvenile under supervision,or to refer the juvenile elsewhere is called:

Juvenile court statutes normally restrict appeals to cases where the juvenile seeks review of a _________________,which is a document that ends the litigation between two parties by determining all their rights and disposing of all the issues.

____________________ involves the exchange of prosecutorial and judicial concessions for guilty pleas and usually results in a reduced charge or a more lenient sentence.

Alternatives to secure detention do not include:

In about 29 states,certain offenses are automatically excluded from juvenile court.Such offenses fall under  _________________________ policies and account for the largest number of juveniles tried as adults.

In the U.S.Supreme Court case ___________________ (1971),the court ruled that a trial by jury in the juvenile court is not a constitutional right.

In a _______________________,a hearing is held before a juvenile court judge who then decides whether jurisdiction should be waived and the case transferred to the adult court.

Discuss the pros and cons of transferring youthful offenders to adult court.

Nonjudicial adjustment and handling or processing are all names for what is commonly known as diversion.

According to the text,upwards of 95 percent of all adult defendants plead:

In Schall v.Martin,the U.S.Supreme Court allows the practice of _____________,which grants the state the right to detain dangerous youth until their trial for the protection of the juvenile and community.

A federal study of juveniles waived to criminal court in the nation's 40 largest counties found that 62 percent of waived youth were:

In about 15 states,the prosecutor has the discretion of filing charges for certain offenses in either juvenile or criminal court;this is called:

In ________________________ (1988),the United States Supreme Court prohibited the execution of persons under 16 at the time of the offense but left open the age at which execution would be legally appropriate.

A _____________________ normally involves an appellate court review to determine whether,based on the evidence presented at the trial,the rulings of law and the judgment of the court were correct.