ADULT SYSTEM
This type of waiver removes judicial and prosecutorial discretion and automatically waives a youth to adult court based solely on their committed offense.
What is a legislative waiver (i.e. statutory exclusion)?
Verbal or written warnings to low-risk first offenders are known as what?
What are nominal sanctions?
Of all dispositions available for juvenile court judges to impose, this one is the most commonly used:
What is probation?
Haerle worked at Excelsior, a juvenile residential treatment facility in Aurora, Colorado. This is an example of nonsecure or secure confinement?
What is secure?
This court case abolished the death penalty for juveniles in 2005.
What is Roper v. Simmons?
How many states allow a juvenile to be waived to adult court?
ALL OF THEM
This is the general term for a wide range of programs that keep juveniles who commit acts of crime and delinquency OUT of the formal juvenile justice system.
What is diversion?
Obeying all laws, allowing the probation officer to visit your home, and communicating with your probation officer truthfully are all examples of which type of probation conditions?
What are GENERAL conditions?
This type of program for juveniles has been controversial, has caused deaths, and has even been shown to increase recidivism.
What is a boot camp?
Kuntrell Jackson received this sentence for his role in a video store robbery, during which his friend fatally shot the store clerk.
What is mandatory LWOP?
This type of sentencing provides a punishment that includes juvenile and adult punishments, often served one right after the other.
What is blended sentencing?
Diversion is the general term for a wide range of programs that keep juveniles who commit acts of crime and delinquency out of the formal juvenile justice system. The goals of diversion are rooted in which criminological theory?
What is labeling theory?
We discussed SPECIAL conditions of probation, or those that are designed for specific individual needs. Give an example of a special condition.
What is drug/alcohol treatment, individual/group therapy, payment of restitution, or community service?
We discussed four theories of/goals of punishment. Name three of them.
The Jonesboro, Arkansas school shooters stayed in juvenile court for this reason.
Minimum age for waiver to adult court in AR was 14 – the offenders were 11 and 13
This court officer has sole authority to refer a case from juvenile to adult court in the case of direct file waivers:
Who is the prosecutor?
_________ circumstances lessen the severity of one’s offense, while ____________ circumstances increase the seriousness/gravity of an offense.
What are mitigating, aggravating?
State-level DJJ (CYA) is now closed. Where are those youth incarcerated now?
County level / Butte County juvenile hall
Haerle’s research found that DJJ youth speak about the future using three different types of possible selves. Name TWO of them.
What are pessimist, optimist, and balanced possible selves?
Vinny was subjected to blended sentencing in Texas at the age of 14 for his role in an aggravated sexual assault and murder. What punishment did he receive?
What is 40 years?
We discussed eight criteria established by Kent v. United States, which are supposed to be use when deciding if a youth is still “fit” for juvenile court. List FOUR of them.
The adult term of “conviction” corresponds with which term in the juvenile justice system?
What is ADJUDICATION?
With this type of probation, supervision by probation officers is much more intense, and probation officers have much lower caseloads.
What is Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP)?
According to Haerle’s research, adultification encourages youth to develop these two kinds of survival strategies during commitment to a juvenile facility.
What are mental and physical?
This Supreme Court case abolished MANDATORY LWOP for juvenile offenders who commit their crime under the age of 18.
What is Miller v. Alabama?