Juvenile Procedures Flashcards
CSRS stands for?
Community & School Resources Section
___________ is any act which would be considered a crime if committed by an adult and is not considered an automatic waiver.
Delinquent Act
__________ is an act conducted which is declared by statute to be an offense, but only when committed or engaged in by a juvenile, and which can be adjudicated only by a juvenile court (incorrigible)
Status Offense
Only the ____________, ____________ or _____________ may authorize emergency detention or shelter care.
DSS, Juvenile court or an Intake officer
The incident report must be approved by the _______ and the ________ in order for it to be electronically distributed to DJS.
Supervisor and shift commander
___________ serves as a liaison between the department and DJS for all unresolved disputes regarding intake decisions
Safe Schools Facilitator
_____________ a summons like document issued by the Juvenile Court to notify both the parents and the juvenile who has missed court one employee that a required court appearance is upcoming. The affidavit is served like a summons but does not require the physical detention of the juvenile.
Affidavit of Notification
_________ a conditional document issued by the juvenile court to notify both the parents and the juvenile, who has missed multiple court appearances that a required court appearance is upcoming. If the conditions are met, this writ is treated like an affidavit of notification. If the conditions are not met, this writ is treated like a writ of attachment.
Writ with Authorization to Release
Officers verifying a writ of attachment for a juvenile will contact the ______________. After hours and on weekends __________ will be contacted.
Sheriffs office
Information and Records Management Unit
If a juvenile is located and determined to have an authorization to release for them, parents will be attempted to be contacted. If the parents are located the juvenile will be released to them and must respond to court the next day court is in session. If parents are not located the juvenile will be taken into custody via the __________ Office.
Sheriffs
_____________ writs are obtained by the parent/guardian giving an officer the authority to enter other jurisdictions and when accompanied by a representative of the other jurisdiction’s law enforcement agency, apprehend a juvenile
Custodial
True or False: Automatic waiver charges and status offense charges WILL NOT be applied for using a juvenile arrest warrant.
True
True or False: Only sworn members of the Department may apply for juvenile arrest warrants. Members may not refer complainants/victims to district court commissioner to obtain a juvenile arrest warrant.
True
The criteria or a juvenile arrest warrant (all must be met) are:
1.
2.
3.
- Probable cause to believe the juv committed a delinquent act
- Reasonable efforts to located juv have been unsuccessful
- Unless the juv is taken into custody, it is likely that he/she will not be apprehended, leave Balto co., cause injury or damage, destroy or tamper with evidence.
An officer will obtain a warrant for a juvenile via form _________.
117W (Application and Affidavit for Juvenile Arrest Warrant)
The juvenile warrant application process is: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
- Write warrant on a 117W
- Have 117W reviewed and initialed by a member of DJS
- Present the 117W to the Juvenile Court Clerk’s office for review by the Lead Juvenile Judge or designee
- If approved will present the signed application to the Juvenile Court Clerk who will issue the warrant
- If not served immediately, the officer will deliver the warrant to IRMU
Delinquent juveniles that are taken into custody and placed in secure detention must be separated by sight and sound from adult prisoners for up to _____ hours only under the circumstances of a writ, bench warrant or for a lawful arrest.
6
If parents refuses to pick up their child because of the inconvenience DSS will be notified for placement and the parent will be charged with _________________.
Child abandonment
Juvenile __________ and _________ will never be held in secured detention
Status and Non-offenders
When juveniles reach their 6 hour secured detention limit they will be moved to a ___________ until they are released to the proper person or agency.
non-secured
True or False: The 6 hour period begins when the juvenile is physically placed in a cell, secured to a cuffing rail or stationary object, or detained in a secured area of the facility (prisoner processing area, locked room)
True
When a juvenile is placed in secured detention department members will check the juvenile at no more than ______ minute intervals.
30
True or False: When interviewing a Juvenile they possess the same rights regarding statements and confessions as adult
True
True or False: Only the juvenile can waive or invoke their Miranda rights.
True
True or False: Interviews of juveniles alleged to have committed a delinquent act may occur in the presence of at least one parent/guardian or a neutral party and may be conducted in custody while an effort is made to notify the parent/guardian of the arrest.
True
When a juvenile is being interviewed by an officer of the opposite sex, in the absence of the juvenile’s parent/guardian, a __________will be present.
Second officer
Encountering juveniles with small or large quantities of CDS will immediately be charged on a form ________.
117
Officers charging juveniles on a form 117 will not specify a charge against the juvenile, pending chemical analysis. The phrase __________ will be entered into the narrative.
“Drug related case analysis pending”
The department works with the ___________________ from the Governor’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention to ensure monitoring of it’s detention facilities.
Juvenile Justice Compliance Monitor
True or False: Information is sent from ebooking to the State of Maryland Juvenile Holding Log database by designated personnel at each police facility that detains arrestees
True
If officers do not follow the 6 hour time limit for secured detention of juveniles they will be directed to submit a form _______ and a copy of the form will be retained by YCCS for ______ years.
12L
3
__________ is a juvenile who requires court intervention because the child has been abused, neglected, developmental disabilities, or a mental disorder and the juvenile’s parents/guardians/custodians are unable or unwilling to give proper care and attention to the child or the child’s needs.
CINA
_________ is a juvenile who requires guidance, treatment, or rehabilitation and is either of the following:
- Required by law but habitually truant
- Habitually disobedient and beyond control of the person having custody of the juvenile
- Behaving as so to injure or endanger themselves or others
- Status offender
CINS
True or False: Children found to be a CINA/CINS may be fingerprinted, photographed, and searched for the purposes of identification only.
True