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Misc.
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The 3rd leading cause of death among young people ages 15-24
What is Suicide
100
Theory that posits stigmatizing youth and encouraging them to accept this negative identity causes delinquency.
What is Labeling theory?
100
Conduct that is illegal only because the individual is under age.
What is a status offense?
100

Age that defines a minor in Arkansas.

What is 10-18?

100
Monies paid as a condition of pretrial release.
What is Bail?
200
The chronic 6 percent commit this percentage of all murders.
What is 71%
200
A stable characteristic that makes a person deliquency prone.
What is latent trait?
200
Uses humanistic, nonpunitive strategies to right wrongs and restore social harmony.
What is restorative justice?
200

Does juvenile court lose jurisdiction over youth when they turn 18?

No

200
Home in which on or both parents are absent.
What is a broken home?
300
The most likely victim of violent crime
What is black males
300
Links delinquency to financial stiuation.
What is strain theory?
300

A trial for juveniles.

What is an adjudication?

300
Courts that make use of peer juries to decide nonserious cases.
What is teen court?
300
Holds that decisions to violate the law are weighed against possible punishments vs. benefits.
What is classical criminology?
400
Delinquent acts are most likely to occur during what season?
What is summer
400
Posits that delinquency is learned through close relationships with others.
What is a social learning theory?
400

A hearing that must be held within 72 hours.

A juvenile detention hearing.

400
COurt case that set “resonable suspicion” for school searches.
What is New Jersey v. T.L.O
400
juvenile program that uses get tough elements along with education, substance abuse treatment, and social skills training.
What is boot camp?
500
The FBI uses this report to gather national crime statistics.
What is the UCR
500
States that the inability of a community to exert social control allows youths the freedom to engage in illegal behavior.
What is social disorganization theory?
500

Family in Need of Services case.

What is a FINS petition?

500
In many states a juvenile can be automatically bound over to adult court for athese offenses
What is rape, murder & armed robbery?
500
Area undergoing a shift of population and structure, usually from middle class to lower class.
What is a transitional neighborhood?