Exam 17: Juvenile Justice

The U.S.Supreme Court ruled in ______ that school officials may search a student if reasonable suspicion exists.

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

The period in which juvenile rights were expanded was called the juvenile rights period.

Youth gangs are less of problem today in American cities than they once were.

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

Discuss the types of crime that new technology has introduced into the juvenile justice system.How can they be addressed?

Which U.S.Supreme Court decision departed from the trend toward increasing juvenile rights by ruling that juveniles may be held in preventive detention before trial if they are deemed a risk to the community?