Juvenile Justice

Question 1

A sentence

Answer 1

Disposition

Question 2

Federal Law that seperates deliquent offenders from status offenders

Answer 2

Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention Act of 1974

Question 3

The age of 18 in most states

Answer 3

Age of majority

Question 4

When parents are held responsible for the crime of the children

Answer 4

Parental Responsibility Laws

Question 5

Someone who has committed an act that would be a crime as an adult

Answer 5

Deliquent offenders

Question 6

The concept the court would act as a guardian for juveniles

Answer 6

Parens Patriae

Question 7

Someone who is considered out of control but not criminal

Answer 7

Status offenders

Question 8

Court taking responsibility for a child because the juvenile is ignoring parents/guardians/school officials

Answer 8

CRA

Question 9

When an adult helps/allows a juvenile to break the law

Answer 9

Contributing to Deliquency of a Minor

Question 10

12 year old found guilty for theft on proponderance of the evidence. SC rules juveniles should be found deliquent by proof beyond a roasonable doubt

Answer 10

Re Winship

Question 11

States must prove that am offense was committed and reasonable cause that the youth committed it

Answer 11

What happens at an initial hearing in the juvenile hearing

Question 12

Facts of the case determined, witness testimony, attorney are present, judge finds whether the juvenile is deliquent

Answer 12

Adjudicatory hearing in the juvenile

Question 13

1. the juvenile age and past record
2. seriousness of the crime
3. liklihood that juvenile may be rehabilitated before age of 18

Answer 13

Theree things a judge considers during a waiver hearing

Question 14

15 year old charged with robbery, theft, assault, and escape. He was denied the jury trial he requested. SC ruled jury trials were not required in juvenile cases

Answer 14

McKeiver v. Pennsylvania

Question 15

Child Requiring Assistance: court taking responsibility for a child because the juvenile is ignoring parents/guardians/school officials

Answer 15

CRA abbreviation and purpose

Question 16

15 year olds in custody for making an obsence prank phone call. Parents were not notified of the arrest and he was committed to a State Industrial School until he was the age of 21. SC ruled juveniles have the same due process rights as adults

Answer 16

Gault Case

Question 17

Why there are seperate adult and juvenile systems

Answer 17

To help juveniles rather than punish them

Question 18

To be legally seperated from parents

Answer 18

Emancipation

Question 19

What the judge considers when a juvenile files for petition of emancipation

Answer 19

1. if legal guardians consent
2. if minor can support themselves without financial assistance
3. If it’s in their best interest
4. If minor is mature and knowledgable enough to manage their affairs