ADULT SYSTEM
NOMINAL SANCTIONS
PROBATION
INSTITUTIONS
COURT CASES & CASE STUDIES
100

This type of waiver removes judicial and prosecutorial discretion and automatically waives a youth to adult court based solely on their committed offense.

What is a legislative waiver (i.e. statutory exclusion)?

100

Verbal or written warnings to low-risk first offenders are known as what?

What are nominal sanctions?

100

Of all dispositions available for juvenile court judges to impose, this one is the most commonly used:

What is probation?

100

Haerle worked at Excelsior, a juvenile residential treatment facility in Aurora, Colorado. This is an example of nonsecure or secure confinement?

What is secure?

100

This court case abolished the death penalty for juveniles in 2005.

What is Roper v. Simmons?

200

How many states allow a juvenile to be waived to adult court?

ALL OF THEM

200

This is the general term for a wide range of programs that keep juveniles who commit acts of crime and delinquency OUT of the formal juvenile justice system.

What is diversion?

200

Obeying all laws, allowing the probation officer to visit your home, and communicating with your probation officer truthfully are all examples of which type of probation conditions?

What are GENERAL conditions?

200

This type of program for juveniles has been controversial, has caused deaths, and has even been shown to increase recidivism.

What is a boot camp?

200

Kuntrell Jackson received this sentence for his role in a video store robbery, during which his friend fatally shot the store clerk.

What is mandatory LWOP?

300

This type of sentencing provides a punishment that includes juvenile and adult punishments, often served one right after the other.

What is blended sentencing?

300

Diversion is the general term for a wide range of programs that keep juveniles who commit acts of crime and delinquency out of the formal juvenile justice system. The goals of diversion are rooted in which criminological theory?

What is labeling theory?

300

We discussed SPECIAL conditions of probation, or those that are designed for specific individual needs. Give an example of a special condition.

What is drug/alcohol treatment, individual/group therapy, payment of restitution, or community service?

300

We discussed four theories of/goals of punishment. Name three of them.

  • Deterrence
  • Rehabilitation
  • Incapacitation
  • Retribution
300

The Jonesboro, Arkansas school shooters stayed in juvenile court for this reason.

Minimum age for waiver to adult court in AR was 14 – the offenders were 11 and 13

400

This court officer has sole authority to refer a case from juvenile to adult court in the case of direct file waivers:

Who is the prosecutor?

400

_________ circumstances lessen the severity of one’s offense, while ____________ circumstances increase the seriousness/gravity of an offense.

What are mitigating, aggravating?

400

State-level DJJ (CYA) is now closed. Where are those youth incarcerated now?

County level / Butte County juvenile hall

400

Haerle’s research found that DJJ youth speak about the future using three different types of possible selves. Name TWO of them.

What are pessimist, optimist, and balanced possible selves?

400

Vinny was subjected to blended sentencing in Texas at the age of 14 for his role in an aggravated sexual assault and murder. What punishment did he receive?

What is 40 years?

500

We discussed eight criteria established by Kent v. United States, which are supposed to be use when deciding if a youth is still “fit” for juvenile court. List FOUR of them.

  1. Seriousness of the offense
  2. Premeditation/aggression/violence
  3. Person offense / personal injury
  4. Prosecutive merit
  5. Adult associates
  6. Sophistication/maturity of juvenile
  7. Delinquent/criminal history
  8. Amenability to treatment
500

The adult term of “conviction” corresponds with which term in the juvenile justice system?

What is ADJUDICATION?

500

With this type of probation, supervision by probation officers is much more intense, and probation officers have much lower caseloads.

What is Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP)?

500

According to Haerle’s research, adultification encourages youth to develop these two kinds of survival strategies during commitment to a juvenile facility.

What are mental and physical?

500

This Supreme Court case abolished MANDATORY LWOP for juvenile offenders who commit their crime under the age of 18.

What is Miller v. Alabama?