Exam 13: The Juvenile Justice System

The national population of juvenile inmates increased between 2008 and 2010.

Juveniles are most commonly transferred to adult courts through prosecutorial waiver.

Twenty-nine states have taken the waiver out of judicial hands through______ , also known as legislative waiver.

Case 13-2 Jacob was arrested and charged with manslaughter. He is 17 years old and has never been in trouble with the law. He ended up fighting back against a school bully. The bully started attacking Jacob and Jacob fought back by throwing a book at the bully's head. The book hit the bully causing him to fall to the ground. When he fell to the ground he hit his head extremely hard and as a result he died. Jacob is concerned that his case may be transferred to the adult criminal court system. -Jacob's case ends up remaining in the juvenile court system. The judge adjudicates Jacob delinquent for the offense of manslaughter. The next step is for the judge to decide the appropriate punishment for Jacob. This stage is known as the:

______are similar in many aspects to adult prisons and jails, but differ from them in their efforts to treat and rehabilitate young offenders.

The most common form of juvenile corrections is probation.

In which community-based rehabilitation program is a juvenile returned to the community, but placed under supervision with conditions specified through the juvenile justice system?

A doctrine that holds that the state has a responsibility to look after the well-being of children and to assume the role of parent if necessary is __________________________.

A juvenile's first contact with the juvenile justice system usually comes through a:

The age at which a youth first exhibits delinquent behavior is _____.

Boot camps are a good example of residential treatment programs.

Current research shows that the majority of gang members today are white.

Drug use has been shown to be a strong risk factor for which category of juveniles?

Discuss the difference between juvenile delinquents and status offenders.

Which landmark case resulted in a ruling that youths can be detained if they are deemed a "risk" to the safety of the community or to their own welfare?

The primary concern during the disposition hearing is to determine a sentence that will serve the needs of the child, rather than one that will protect the community.

Training schools have many of the same problems as adult prisons and jails, including drug abuse and overcrowding.

The infliction of physical or emotional damage on a child without any plausible explanation, such as an accident, is referred to as:

________is a form of child abuse in which the child is denied certain necessities such as shelter, food, care, and love.

What is a difference between the adult justice system and the juvenile justice system?