Concepts
Juvenile justice professionals use ________ to decide whether to take no action or dismiss cases at each stage of the process.
Discretion
Investigating Crime, Apprehending Offenders
Law Enforcement
This term means the prosecutor can decide whether to file a juvenile case in either adult or juvenile court
Direct File
Taken into Custody
Arrest
Petition
Indictment
Juvenile are most likely to be detained for these types of cases.
Person (violent) offenses.
Assessing the risk of harm, protecting the safety of children, and providing services to families and children
Child Protective Services
This person decides the outcome of a waiver hearing
Judge
Accept Responsibility
Guilty Plea
Deny the Petition
Plead Not guilty
When the police, probation, or the prosecutor ask the juvenile to take an action as a result of criminal behavior that is outside the requirements of the law.
Informal Adjustment
Representing interests of the State in juvenile legal proceedings
Prosecutors
This allows a case to be returned back to juvenile court.
Reverse Waiver
Detention Hearing
Pretrial Confinement or Bail Hearing
Preliminary Conference
Preliminary Hearing
What is a reason to hold a juvenile in custody before the adjudication hearing?
Danger to self or public
Risk that they may abscond from the court case
Completing the social background investigation in juvenile cases
probation department
State statutes identify types of cases where waivers are appropriate.
presumptive waiver
Pre-adjudication Diversion
Plea Bargain
Disposition Hearing
Sentencing Hearing
Judges can check on the progress of confined juveniles by holding a ____.
review hearing
Making decisions on the facts and the law.
Judge
If certain conditions are present must go to adult system.
Mandatory or Statutory Waivers
Secure confinement
prison/ jail
Intake
Arraignment