Exam 9: Formal Procedures of Juvenile Courts: Adjudication and Disposition

The __________ requirement necessitates that the juvenile understands the nature of the charges and can assist in the preparation and presentation of a defense, including being capable of testifying at the adjudication hearing.

What is the most common outcome for juvenile court cases that are not adjudicated?

The following questions are on Reading 9.1: Feld and Schaefer (2010). -S. Supreme Court case do Feld and Schaefer refer to as providing foundation to juvenile procedural due process?

Males are more likely than females, and blacks are more likely than youth of other races to have their cases petitioned.

The offense section of the predisposition report is statutorily restricted to a legal definition of the violation(s).

Which of the following is a possible outcome of the adjudication hearing?

In most jurisdictions, the adjudication hearing and disposition hearing are separated in time and purpose.

The following questions are on Reading 9.1: Feld and Schaefer (2010). -Despite statutory law requiring appointment of counsel for youth facing out-of-home placement, lawyers did not represent about one-quarter of the Minnesota youth whom judges removed from their homes.

If a juvenile is not adjudicated, the court is legally obligated to dismiss the case.

The dispositional hearing is not an adversarial process. This means that:

What is the burden of proof in the fact-finding process of juvenile court adjudication?

In Roper v. Simmons (2005), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed while under the age of 18.

The legal document that specifies the alleged offense and initiates juvenile court adjudication is referred to as a(n):

The "____________________" provides the procedural foundation for formal adjudicatory hearings.

The predisposition report attempts to provide assessment information to the judge regarding the youth and his or her background and social environment so that disposition can be:

Disposition is not a fact-finding, adversarial process. Instead, it maintains a(n) _____________ and ______________ focus.

The most crucial section of the predisposition report is the final section in which:

The following questions are on Reading 9.2: Scott et al. (2015). -Since 2005, the Supreme Court of the United States has made a series of decisions that delineated the principle that children are developmentally different from adults. What constitutional Amendment was the focus of these decisions?

Sentencing in juvenile court is referred to as:

What is the most commonly used disposition for adjudicated juvenile offenders?