Exam 17: Juvenile Justice.

Throughout the United States,the upper age limit for juvenile court jurisdiction typically varies from ________ years of age.

Females constitute almost one-half of all juvenile arrests.

A(n)____________________ hearing is a hearing by the juvenile court to determine if a juvenile should be detained or released prior to adjudication.

The juvenile justice system in the United States did not develop until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The ____________________ period of juvenile justice viewed the offending child as evil.

The process of screening children out of the system without a decision is called​

Some communities hire _________,who provide counseling and a security presence in school buildings.

____ occurs when a juvenile has his or her case transferred to the adult criminal court system.

In Miller v.Alabama (2012),the U.S.Supreme Court deemed _________ unconstitutional for juvenile homicide offenders.

Which of the following is not true about juvenile officers?​

___________ ruled that juvenile offenders cannot be sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole (LWOP)for non-homicide crimes.

The first law pertaining to juveniles in the United States was called the Massachusetts ____________________ Law.

In Kent v.United States and In re Gault,the U.S.Supreme Court extended due process rights to children.In what decade were these decisions handed down by the Court?​

Which civil liberty was extended to juveniles in the U.S.Supreme Court's decision of Breed v.Jones (1975)?​

Which of the following statements is true concerning juvenile court?​

Curfew violations and loitering are referred to as ____________________ crimes.

A _________ has been determined to receive inadequate care because of some action or inaction on the part of the parents.

The idea that children should be treated differently than adults originated in the common law and courts of England.

What is the youngest age at which a juvenile can be waived to adult court in the United States?​

Only small percentages of juvenile arrests are for homicide.