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A Numbers Game
True/False
100

72 hours

What is the time in which a detention hearing must be held? 

100

211 RSMO

What is the statute governing delinquency cases?

100

The stage in the juvenile court process where a court decides what services to order for a young person who is before it.

What is disposition?

100

Juvenile court jurisdiction ends at this age.

What is 18?

100

Juvenile detention centers are used to hold kids to serve out a term of less than a year. 

What is false?

200

5

What is the number of factors a court must consider when decided if a youth will be detained or released at a detention hearing?

200

An attorney who represents a child in a delinquency proceeding represents the child's_____.

What is expressed wishes?

200

DJO

Who is the Deputy Juvenile Officer?

200

The numbers of factors that a Court must find exists to be able to certify a young person to stand trial as an adult. 

What is 1?

200

A youth is required to sign a confession if they want to participate in an informal adjustment. 

What is false?

300
In its investigation of the St. Louis County Juvenile Courts, the Department of Justice found that this initial determination was not being made as a matter of course in many cases. 

What is probable cause?

300

The Department of Justice investigation into St. Louis County Juvenile Court found that the Missouri Public Defender's System had this many attorneys representing youth in delinquency proceedings.

What is 1? 

300

First degree murder, second degree murder, first degree assault, forcible rape, rape in the first degree, forcible sodomy, sodomy in the first degree, first degree robbery, distribution of drugs under,or the manufacturing of a controlled substance under, or has committed two or more prior unrelated offenses which would be felonies if committed by an adult

What are offenses that require a mandatory certification hearing?

300

In Missouri the youngest age at which a child can be certified to stand trial as an adult. 

What is 12?

300

A youth who is certified to stand trail as an adult has their charges dismissed in juvenile court. 

What is true?

400

A child's attorney can request a new detention hearing based on this. 

What is a change in circumstances?

400

The Department of Justice found that this jurisdiction routinely violated the rights of youth in the delinquency system.

What is St. Louis County?

400

This case put a stop to the expansion of fundamental parental rights.

What is Prince v. Massachusetts? 

400

The age at which a young person in Missouri ages out of foster care. 

What is 21?

400

Individuals serving juvenile life without parole offenses are no longer granted access to documents in their parole file.

What is true?

500

The number of hours a child can be detained without the court ordering the child into judicial custody. 

24 hours

500

In this state, the attorney for the deputy juvenile officer prosecutes the cases.

What is Missouri?

500

This Missouri case resulted in the US Supreme Court ruling that capital punishment for individuals under 18 is cruel and unusual punishment. 


What is Roper v. Simmons? 

500

The number of years Ike Crawford served on his juvenile life without parole sentence before he was released on parole. 

What is 29.5?

500

The Department of Justice investigation into St. Louis County Juvenile Court found that the Missouri Public Defender's System had this many attorneys representing youth in delinquency proceedings.

What is 1?

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