Juvenile Justice
Homicide in Chicago
Gangs
Drugs
Key Definitions
100

No juries, less harsh terminology, no adversarial relationship, and the prioritization of confidentiality.

What are the differences between early juvenile courts and adult courts?

100

In ______ and _______, homicide peaked to 772 victims and 797 victims, respectively.

What is 2020 and 2021?

100

Street, Prison, and Outlaw Motorcycle (OMGs) are ______

What are the 3 types of gangs?

100

More deadly, more potent, and easier to access describe what?

What are the ways today's drugs are different than previous substances?

100

Any person under the age of 18 years old.

What is a juvenile?

200

State as a parent and guardian

What is parens patriae?

200

When police have named a suspect, but they cannot arrest them.

What is cleared by exception?

200

Invasion of privacy, discretion of the intelligence analyst, subjectivity, and funding are all ______

What are the challenges of monitoring social media feeds?

200

70% of individuals who misuse opioids do so to _______

What is relieve physical pain?

200

A crime committed by an individual 17 years old or younger.

What is a status offense?

300

An educational technique that centers student choice, awareness, and empathy.

What is social-emotional learning?

300

In _______, legislation established a _______ waiting period before purchasing a gun.

What is 2018 and 72 hours?

300

A questionable program that monitors CPS students' social media posts for gang activity.

What is the Connect and Redirect to Respect Program?

300

The substance used by the largest amount of people in the United States (134.7M) in 2023

What is alcohol?

300

A cluster of three or more individuals that label themselves differently from their community through clothing, classifications, and language (verbal and body). The cluster also participates in activities deemed wrong by the state.

What is a gang?

400

The 2012 and 2016 Supreme Court rulings on juvenile justice.

What is the unconstitutionality of mandatory life sentences for juveniles without parole (2012), and juveniles who are currently serving mandatory life sentences without parole MUST receive new hearings.

400

The 2023 decrease (7.3%) and overall 5-year period decrease of victims of homicde and of non-fatal shootings

What are the signs of progress in Chicago?

400

Gangs use initiation rituals that require killing or severely harming a member of the general population.

What is a myth about gangs?

400

The decrease in marijuana arrests, the lack of increase in use among minors, the INCREASE in deadly crashes involving weed, and the increase in accidental ingestions describe this phenomenon.

What are the effects of Marijuana legalization in Illinois?

400

An event that represents a message to the world that a community is struggling on numerous fronts.

What is a signal crime?

500

Students lag behind emotionally and educationally as they lose educational time and opportunities. Students also struggle with self-esteem and have an increase in mental health issues.

What are the consequences for students when their schools use police as disciplinarians?

500

The increase in the discovery of shell casings and high-capacity magazines.

Why has the lethality increased by almost 6% between 2010 and 2024?

500

The not-in-use law, which allows police to take gang members' property.

What is the 2021 City of Chicago ordinance on suing gangs?

500

An initiative that merges incarceration with harm reduction, where individuals lose access to all substances and attend educational programs.

What is the Kenton County Drug Recovery Pod?

500

A group of drugs that includes heroin and prescription pain relievers.

What are opioids?

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