Exam 15: Juvenile Court Process: Pretrial, Trial, and Sentencing

The temporary care of a child in a physically unrestricting environment is called disposition.

The juvenile court did not include a prosecutor in its first 60 years of existence because _____.

The formal complaint that initiates judicial actions against a juvenile charged with delinquency or a status offense is called the _____.

Most juvenile justice experts oppose the ____, or the transfer of juveniles to adult courts, because it clashes with the rehabilitation ideal not as commonly found in adult courts.

A number of common dispositions for juveniles were indicated in the text. List and discuss five of the common juvenile dispositions you believe to be most effective.

In re Gault established that proof beyond a reasonable doubt be the standard by which juveniles are found guilty.

An attorney responsible for brining the state's case forward against the accused juvenile is called the _____.

The most common type of delinquency case judicially waived to adult criminal courts is person offenses.

Due process is addressed in the Fifth and _____ Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

A _____ sentence is defined by a statutory requirement that states the penalty to be set for all cases of a specific offense.

The type of sentence that specifies a fixed term of detention that must be served is referred to as a/an _____ sentence.

The typical delinquent detainee is male, 16 years old, and charged with a _____.

On the whole, the level of detention is decreasing.

Project Confirm in New York City is one example of an effort to reduce the detention of _____ who have been arrested.

The intake process is generated by the filing of a complaint by the police or some other agency.

In _____, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling prevented a juvenile from being tried in two courts (adult and juvenile), holding that to do so is a violation of the double jeopardy clause.

List the duties of the juvenile court judge. Explain why it is difficult to attract well-trained individuals for juvenile courts in limited or specialized jurisdictions?

The _____ gives the juvenile the opportunity to have the case brought before a reviewing court after it has been heard in juvenile or family court.

In some jurisdictions, juvenile court judges handle family-related cases exclusively.

Indigent juveniles are provided legal defense through a public defender.