Delinquency Terms
Delinquency Measures
Juvenile Crime Trends
Misc.
JJ Supreme Court Cases
100
The juvenile equivalent of being arrested
What is being taken into custody?
100
NIBRS is an update to this system.
What are the Uniform Crime Reports?
100
Juvenile crime has decreased since this period.
What are the early 1990s?
100
Most delinquency occurs during this period.
What is 3 to 6 PM (after school)?
100
Juveniles are entitled to a waiver hearing
What is Kent v. U.S.?
200
The equivalent of an adult being indicted?
What is having a delinquency complaint docketed?
200
Telescoping refers to this measure.
What are self-reports?
200
Boomers having babies.
What is the echo baby boom?
200
Juvenile entitled to proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
What is In re Winship?
300
The equivalent of an adult being convicted?
What is adjudicated delinquent?
300
All those committed.
What are juvenile correctional statistics?
300
Freakonomics author Steven Levitt attributed a drop in juvenile crime in the 1990s to this.
What is the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade?
300
A Type 1 error is also known as?
What is false positive?
300
Juveniles not entitled to a jury trial.
What is McKeiver v. PA?
400
The juvenile equivalent of being sentenced.
What is having your case disposed?
400
All those whose cases are referred.
What are juvenile court statistics?
400
John Dilulio predicted this.
What is a "wave of super predators"?
400
Wolfgang, Figlio & Selling were responsible for identifying this group of juvenile delinquents.
What are chronic offenders?
400
Death penalty for juveniles unconstitutional.
What is Roper v. Simmons?
500
Incarcerated
What is committed?
500
This measure doesn't distinguish between offenses and offenders.
What is the Uniform Crime Report?
500
This type of delinquency appearing to be increasing.
What is gang-involved juvenile crime?
500
This group of juvenile justice actors are often the least likely to be aware of juvenile victimizations.
Who are the police?
500
Right to counsel.
What is In re Gault?
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