Exam 17: Juvenile Justice

Tyson has just been adjudicated guilty for cyber stalking in the juvenile justice system in the state in which he resides.  This is his second offense.  His first offense was dismissed.  Tyson's actual crime included sending threatening and lewd comments to a classmate on Facebook.  Tyson feels as though his responses were justified based on  comments that had been directed to him earlier in the year. Tyson is not alone in his actions , but instead he  is among the _______ of juveniles who use their computers to bully others.

Tyson has just been adjudicated guilty for cyber stalking in the juvenile justice system in the state in which he resides.  This is his second offense.  His first offense was dismissed.  Tyson's actual crime included sending threatening and lewd comments to a classmate on Facebook.  Tyson feels as though his responses were justified based on  comments that had been directed to him earlier in the year. Status offenders make up about ____ of the juvenile court caseload.

Federal guidelines dictate that all states must handle juvenile cases in the same way.

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

According to a Justice Department survey, what is the most serious problem facing teenagers today?

Dependency is one of the four types of cases which falls under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system.

Sexting is a status crime.

Maria is a 16 year-old Hispanic female from South Carolina who has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill.  Maria used a baseball bat to beat a classmate close to death leaving the victim with brain damage.  The judge will render her decision tomorrow if Maria should be tried as an adult or if the case should stay within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court system.  Currently, Maria is being held in an institution until an appropriate decision can be made.   Maria wants to attend a treatment facility so that she can quit her drug habit.  To do so without further involvement in the juvenile justice system, she would need a

Maria is a 16 year-old Hispanic female from South Carolina who has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill.  Maria used a baseball bat to beat a classmate close to death leaving the victim with brain damage.  The judge will render her decision tomorrow if Maria should be tried as an adult or if the case should stay within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court system.  Currently, Maria is being held in an institution until an appropriate decision can be made. Given the circumstances of the battery, the prosecutor is demanding Maria's case be transferred to the adult criminal court system, a process called a(n)

The juvenile justice system in the United States did not develop until the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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

Delinquent children often have committed offenses that would be classified as criminal if they were adults.

Tyson has just been adjudicated guilty for cyber stalking in the juvenile justice system in the state in which he resides.  This is his second offense.  His first offense was dismissed.  Tyson's actual crime included sending threatening and lewd comments to a classmate on Facebook.  Tyson feels as though his responses were justified based on  comments that had been directed to him earlier in the year. Tyson's delinquent behavior would actually be called

Maria is a 16 year-old Hispanic female from South Carolina who has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill.  Maria used a baseball bat to beat a classmate close to death leaving the victim with brain damage.  The judge will render her decision tomorrow if Maria should be tried as an adult or if the case should stay within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court system.  Currently, Maria is being held in an institution until an appropriate decision can be made. Maria will most likely not be waived to the adult court system due to the fact that waived cases only make up ________ of delinquency cases.

The process of screening children out of the juvenile justice system without a court decision is called ______.

Define and explain the Save the Child Movement.  Which specific court cases have increased support for working with the "child"?

The juvenile function of police work is concerned largely with

Behaviors that are not criminal if committed by adults, such as cigarette smoking or truancy, are called _____ in the juvenile justice context.

Juveniles have always retained due process rights in the United States.

Consider the information presented in the following chart. How are African American youth most likely to be overrepresented in the juvenile justice system?