Juvenile Justice Basics
What is the juvenile equivalent of an adult sentence?
What is Disposition.
In what state was the first juvenile court established?
What is Illinois.
What does UCR stand for?
Who is considered the founder of classical criminology?
What is Classical Theory.
What are three examples of status offenses?
What is running away, truancy, and curfew violations.
In what year was the first juvenile court established?
What is 1899.
What type of crime is punishable by imprisonment for one year or more?
What is a Felony.
Who is associated with hedonism?
Who is Jeremy Bentham.
What is social learning theory.
What is the court's determination of whether a juvenile is delinquent called?
What is adjudication.
What early penal facilities used inmate labor for private profit?
What is Workhouses
What does it mean when a crime is "cleared by arrest"?
What is a person has been arrested for the reported crime.
Who linked criminality to physical and hereditary characteristics?
Who is Cesare Lombroso.
What theory focuses on how being called "delinquent" can affect identity and future behavior?
What is labeling theory.
What is preventative detention?
What is holding a juvenile before trial because the youth may flee or pose a serious risk to others.
What status offense was targeted by the Colorado Compulsory School Act?
What is Truancy.
Name four of the eight Part I/Index offenses.
What is Murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
According to Freud, what are the id, ego, and superego?
What theory says strong attachment, commitment, belief, and involvement reduce delinquency?
What is bonding theory.
What does deinstitutionalization of status offenses mean?
What is removing status offenders from secure juvenile institutions.
What English laws affected debtors and the unemployed and could result in imprisonment for unpaid debts?
What are poor laws.
What is career escalation?
What is a pattern in which juveniles progress to increasingly serious offenses.
What is attachment, commitment, belief, and involvement.
What three things must come together for crime under Routine Activities Theory?
What is motivated offender, suitable target, and absence of a guardian.