Chapter 10, Courts Flashcards
Jurisdiction of the juvenile court is determined by
offenders age and conduct
evidence shows that transferring juveniles to adult courts results in all of the following
higher rates of conviction, greater likelihood of incarceration, and greater risk of victimized
The welfare model focuses on
best interest of the child
The justice model focuses on
youth being held accountable and sometimes punished
today, the tone of juvenile justice as a whole is
more harsh than it was in the past
the challenge of the juvenile court is
holding youth accountable and punishing them while they can be rehabilitated
the two types of intervention for abused children
coercive and therapeutic
the juvenile court process typically involves all of the following
petition, adjudication hearing, disposition hearing
The geographic location of a trial is called its
venue
What is the age that is accepted by two thirds of the states as the maximum age establishing the courts jurisdiction
17
The rationale behind setting a minimum age is that very young children are presumed to be incapable of forming
criminal intent
what allows a judge to order a sentence that extends beyond the juveniles courts age of extended jurisdiction
blended sentence
an adjudication hearing is comparable to what is the adult system
Trial
t/f. according to the national center for juvenile justice there is a uniform manner in the purpose as well as the approach taken by the jj system
False
Today, the tone of the jj system in generally less harsh than it was when the concept of juvenile court was first developed
False
