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When Minors were Miners
Stats for shorties
A Crank Call Started it All
Why the train kept going off the tracks.
Child Maltreatment
100

First facility to seperate children from adults

New York House of Refuge

100
Since the early 1990's juvenile crime rates have been...
Going down
100

First juvenile case heard by Supreme Court

Kent

100
  • Indicated by disruptive behavior, short attention span and lack of self-control which often occurs with a learning disability

Conduct disorder

100

Most common form of child maltreatment

Neglect

200

Established the Orphan Trains

Charles Loring Brace

200

Only an offense for someone under the age of 18

Status offense

200

This case led to due process rights including right to legal representation in juvenile court and notice of charges

Gault

200

The leading known preventable cause of mental retardation in the Western World

Fetal alcohol syndrome. 

200

The last ten years has seen this trend in maltreatment cases.

Down

300

This psychologist's work helped pave the way for the Juvenile Court

Granville Stanley Hall

300

Sentencing in juvenile court.

Disposition

300

What due process right do juveniles lack?

Jury trial

300

Agents that interfere with normal fetal development

Tetrogens

300
When an investigation concludes maltreatment has occured it is ...

Founded

400

Where and when was the first juvenile court esbablished?

Chicago 1899

400

What is adjudication equal to in adult court?

Conviction

400
Case which allowed for preventative detention of juveniles
Schall v Martin
400

Behavior path that includes shoplifting, setting fires and vandalism

Overt

400

Where was a social worker recently charged with homicide...

Philadelphia

500

What does parens patrie mean?

State acts as surrogant parent to the chid.

500

Most common offense for someone on probation?

Property offense

500

Right to treatment for status offenders (persons in need of supervison).

Martarella v. Kelley

500
  • Serious childhood psychiatric conditions that manifests itself in aggression, lying, stealing, and other chronic breaches of socially acceptable behavior…

Antipersonality disorder

500

What type of funds have states taken from kids to pay for foster care?

SSI