Final Exam Study

Question 1

what is primary prevention

Answer 1

directed at preventing illegal acts among the juvenile population as a whole before they occur by alleviating social conditions related to the offenders

Question 2

what is secondary prevention

Answer 2

seeks to identify juveniles who appear to be at high risk for delinquency and/or abuse and to intervene their lives early

Question 3

what is tertiary prevention

Answer 3

attempts to prevent further legal acts among offender once such acts have been committed

Question 4

what project did not show evidence of delinquency being reduced or prevented

Answer 4

Chicago project in the 1930s

Question 5

teen courts

Answer 5

aimed at helping

Question 6

drug and mental health courts

Answer 6

aimed at helping

Question 7

girls court

Answer 7

courts for girls that are more based on helping them and giving chances

Question 8

scared straight

Answer 8

try to reduce delinquency among teens by showing them what its like if they continue down that path

Question 9

big brother big sisters of America

Answer 9

community and school based mentoring

Question 10

juvenile mentoring program (JUMP)

Answer 10

modify behavior of youth, decrease gang participation and school drop out rates

Question 11

wilderness programs

Answer 11

remove distractions and involve small, closely supervised groups

Question 12

follow through

Answer 12

helps keep pace in early education

Question 13

Juvenile delinquency prevention and control act (1968)
Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act (1974)

Answer 13

Both programs provide federal funds to the states for delinquency prevention programs (developed programs for juvenile delinquency)

Question 14

other federal programs

Answer 14

head start, youth opportunities, and job corps programs

Question 15

community policing

Answer 15

officers walk on foot through neighborhoods and try to be role models for kids

Question 16

other agencies

Answer 16

YMCA/YWCA, community mental health clinics, boy and Girl Scouts of America

Question 17

what is a prosecutor

Answer 17

play a key role and decides on use of juvenile court

Question 18

what is a defense council

Answer 18

represent juvs for delinquency, dependency, mental health, transfer/wavier, disposition, probation revocation, or any other disciplinary proceedings

Question 19

what is a private counsel

Answer 19

expense of parent

Question 20

public defenders/court appointed

Answer 20

free, 6th amendment, dependent upon conflict of interest

Question 21

juvenile court judges

Answer 21

decides matter of law and fact as well as the final disposition
have wide degree of discretion and flexibility

Question 22

2 types of juvenile court judges

Answer 22

parent figure - judge genuinely concerned about the total well-being of the juvenile; primary concern in juvs best interest
lawgiver - concerned primarily that al procedural requirements are fulfilled; more rigid in following the letter go the law and less flexible

Question 23

masters

Answer 23

assist juvenile court judges - chosen personally by the judge; high degree of trust
parent/juv right to be before the judge

Question 24

juvenile probation officers as law enforcement

Answer 24

enforce laws and probation conditions

Question 25

juvenile probation officers as juvenile advocates

Answer 25

give trust; look out for juvenile

Question 26

juvenile probation officers as social worker

Answer 26

cause appropriate treatment; monitor home life

Question 27

juvenile probation officers as expression of probationers

Answer 27

know them, see them, test them

Question 28

duties of chief probation officers

Answer 28

personnel management; financial management; service provider contracts; state audits and guidelines; training of staff

Question 29

victim advocates

Answer 29

victim services

Question 30

court appointed special advocates (CASA)

Answer 30

assigned one case; give advice on behalf of children who are victims of abuse or neglect

Question 31

children and family services

Answer 31

CPS/GPS

Question 32

Thompson V. Oklahoma (1988)

Answer 32

given death penalty even though he was a juvenile

Question 33

Stanford v. Kentucky (1989)

Answer 33

USSC - <16 can be given death penalty

Question 34

Roper v. Simmons (2005)

Answer 34

USSC - death at 16/17 is ok per 8th amendment

Question 35

USSC ruling on death penalty

Answer 35

no one <18 can get death penalty

Question 36

Graham v. Florida (2010)

Answer 36

USSC - no life w/out parole unless homicide

Question 37

Miller v. alabama (2012)

Answer 37

USSC - no juvs life w/out parole

Question 38

Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016)

Answer 38

USSC - retroactive sentencing for all

Question 39

net widening

Answer 39

brining children who otherwise would not have been labeled to the attention of juvenile authorities; increases stigmatization

Question 40

territorial jealousy

Answer 40

resenting outside interference/suggestions

Question 41

pure diversion

Answer 41

referrals to programs outside of the justice system prior to juveniles entering the system

Question 42

secondary diversion

Answer 42

designed to suspend or terminate juvenile justice processing of juveniles in favor of release or referral to alternate services

Question 43

pre adjudication

Answer 43

modifying offensive behavior by intervening prior to adjudication

Question 44

post adjudication

Answer 44

modifying offensive behavior by intervening after adjudication

Question 45

prevention

Answer 45

action of stopping something from happening

Question 46

bifurcated hearing process

Answer 46

two parts

Question 47

probation revocation

Answer 47

someone is on probation, but the young person does something to screw it up several times repeatedly, probation can then be revoked

Question 48

ambiguous role

Answer 48

must search and secure rehabilitative treatments while remaining fiscally responsible and be able to acknowledge when options for rehabilitation are requested

Question 49

technical violation

Answer 49

characterized by the probationer flagrantly ignoring the terms or conditions of probation but not actually committing a new crime

Question 50

victim offender reconciliation program

Answer 50

meditation program that used the payment of restitution directly by the offender as its core

Question 51

John augustus

Answer 51

considered father of probation

Question 52

factors considered by judges

Answer 52

attitude, aggravated and mitigating circumstances

Question 53

mitigating factors

Answer 53

age and family life

Question 54

aggravating factors

Answer 54

repeated offenses, the use of weapons, violence or coercion

Question 55

national probation act

Answer 55

federal act that mandated officers on both state and federal levels

Question 56

most frequent dispostion

Answer 56

probation (90%)

Question 57

probation terms

Answer 57

max is 2 years but is reviewed every 6 months