RI LEO Official Manual: Juveniles Flashcards
If arrested a Juvenile is charged by a ?
Petition.
Petitions are filed by the police and screened by?
Family Court Intake Unit.
If the juvenile is arrested and presented before Family court on an emergency petition, the court has two ways to handle the juvenile. What are they?
Release the juvenile or detain them at RITSY.
If detained at RITSY, does a juvenile have a right to bail?
No there is no right for bail for a juvenile.
Status crimes (crimes that are not arrestable if charged as adults) example are?
Truancy, runaway, sexting, violation of curfew, disobedience and poss/consumption of alcohol.
In regards to disposition of a juvenile case, juveniles are __________ for delinquent (Felony) charges and ________ on misdemeanor or status offenses.
1)Adjudicated (Felony)(Not Convicted as with adults). 2) Wayward for misdemeanor/status offenses.
To interrogate a juvenile, officers should make a reasonable effort to notify their parent or guardian. But if not located does not make a confession inadmissible. What factors does the court look at for admissibility?
The totality of the circumstances; juvenile’s age, experience, education, intelligence to understand Miranda. Along with any prior criminal history.
A juvenile should be taken into custody and transported to the police station, if upon probable cause they are arrested for any delinquent act or wayward offense, where?
the juvenile possess a risk to them self or the community and the parent or guardian are not in a position to exercise appropriate control over the juvenile.
Juveniles taken into custody and transported to the station for charges equivalent to adult Felony/Misdemeanor charges should be what? What about Status offenders?
Photographed and Finger printed. Status/non-offenders should not be fingerprinted or photographed.
School officials can search a students locker if reasonable suspicion is established. If the school requests police to search a locker of particular student, the police need?
Probable Cause to conduct the search.
If the school requests a “Full” search of a school with the use of a drug detecting dog, what can be searched and what cannot be search?
All area of the school can be searched. However students cannot be subject to a search of their persons or their belongings without probable cause.
