Bill Of Rights
What are the first two Constitutional Amendments?
#1: guarantees citizens the freedom or religion, speech, press, assmbly, and petition.
#2: Gives citizens the right to bear arms.
True or false: Laws are the same for adults and juveniles
False
Constitutional Law:
Based on the U.S. Constitution and on Supreme Court decisions
interpreting the Constitution
True or false:
only parents and guardians can attend hearings of juveniles
True
Civil law:
Group of laws that refer to disputes between
people
What are the 3rd and 4th Constitutional Amendment?
#3: prevents the government from quartering soldiers.
#4: prohibits unreasonable search and seizures of personal property
True or false: there are seperate civil and criminal laws and courts
True
Whiuch term matches this definition:
Young person under the age of 18 in most states and 16 in some states
Juvenile
What is the purpose of the juvenile justice system?
to determine the innocence or guilt of the accused
young person
Civil laws are used to settle what?
personal issues
○ Examples: Contract disputes, divorce
proceedings, property boundaries
What are the 5th and 6th Constitutional Amendments?
#5: guranteescitizens the right to a fair trial and protection from testifying against oneself
#6: guarantees citizens the right to a speedy trial
Statuatory Law:
Laws passed by lawmaking bodies (Congress)
Juvenile delinquent:
young person caught breaking the law
Rule of law:
suggests that no one is above the law and governmental must be made only by applying known legal and moral principles
Criminal law:
refers to the group of laws that define what acts are crimes
Examples:
laws against assault, murder, and rape help protect you from being harmed
What are the 7th and 8th Constitutional Amendments?
#7: guarantees citizens the right to a trial by jury in civil courts
#8: prohibits unreasonable bail, fines, and cruel punishments
Common Law:
Type of law that comes from judges’ decisions that rely on precedent
what are the main causes of juvenile delinquents?
●Poor home conditions
● Poor neighborhood conditions
● Gang membership
● Dropping out of school
● Alcohol and drugs
● Peer pressure
What is rule of law meant to prevent?
dictatorship and to protect the rights of the people
Crime:
any behavior that is illegal because society, through its government, considers the behavior harmful to society
What are the 9th and 10th Constitutional Amendments?
9th amendment: acknowledges that citizens have rights that are not listed in the Constitution.
10th amendment: givs powers not granted to the US governments to the states or people
Administrative law:
Laws that affect our daily lives and are created by government agencies instead of legislatures
What re the punisments/ treatments of juvenile delinquents?
○ Foster care
○ Juvenile corrections
○ Probation
○ Counseling
Fill in the blank:
Rule of law limits the powers of __________ by judicial defense of laws
Government
Which category of law does this?
Describes how a person accused of a crime should be tried in court and how crimes should be punished
Criminal law