a problem of difficulty that you cannot get rid of or that keeps coming back
What is chronic
100
The average amount of time that passes between when the crime is committed and when the defendant goes on trian
What is 2 years
100
Does Thompson believe that since teens are losing tissue in their brains that they should not be accountable for their actions?
What is No he believes that they should be held accounable for their actions and it is not an excuse for violent behavior.
100
What percentage of juveniles were tried as adults om 1989? (A 4)
What is 5%
200
to prevent or discourage the occurrence of an action, as by means of fear or doubt
What is deterrent
200
a person who tries to stir up the people by appeals to emotion, prejudice, etc
What is demagogue
200
In 1998 the Supreme Court banned the execution of children under this age at the time of their crimes
What is 16 years old
200
How many juveniles, According to the 2003 article, were tried an adults? (Article 3)
What is 200,000
200
What does Sexton's article argue about "chronic juvenile offenders"?
What is their experience in juvenile courts did little to deter them; 43% have been arrester more than 5 times and 20% have been arrested more than 10 times
300
having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience for some purpose
What is competent
300
a habitual or chronic relapse or tendency to relapse into criminal behavior
What is recidivism
300
What cimes were 17-year-old Robert Acuna chargen with?
What is grand theft and murder
300
1/3 of 11-13 year olds and 20% of 14-15 year olds had levels of reasoning and awareness comparable to ________ adults.
What is mentally ill
300
According to article 5, the shift in focus from rehabilitating juvenile offenders to punishing them comes from...
What is the rise in violent crime
400
to make better, improvement
What is ameliorate
400
to help someone to live a healthy, useful, or active life again after they have been injured, very sick or in prison
What is rehabilitation
400
What evidence does Thompson (artice 2) offer to support his claim that Brazil was immature?
What is he looked dazed during trial, he couldn't give a reason for killing his teacher and didn't understnad the verdict
400
"It is a violation of constitutional rights to be a defendant in a criminal proceeding when you are not competent to defend _________"
What is yourself
400
Somalia and ______________ ar the only two members of the UN not to ratify The Convention of the Richts of the Child which protected the child from lifetime convictions or death.
What is the United States
500
the development of the ability to think and reason
What is cognitive development
500
the punishment of legally killing someone for a crime after they have been found guilty in a court of law (the ultimate punishment)
What is capital punishment
500
Accorning to Thompson's research at UCLA, at what rate is gray matter purged from the teenage brain?
What is 1-2% a year
500
According to artice 4, was the nation's crime rate increasing or decreasing from 1988-1992?
What is increasing
500
Are adult prisons safer than juvenile facilities for juvenile offenders?