True of False: Crime is defined as actions that violate a law in society
What is True
100
True of Flase: A respondent must own up to the crime before he or she can be sentenced in Teen Court.
What is True
100
True of False: Restorative justice is used in adult criminal court.
What is False.
100
Name one mandatory sanctioning option
What is Work Crew
200
Name Two Causes of Crime
What is:
Uncaring communites, poverty, unemployment, peer pressure, cirminal parents, lack of bonding to school and other social institutions, poor school performance, lack of serious consequences for first offenses
200
This is an alternative to the traditional juvenile court system.
It is available only to 1st time, misdemeanor offenders.
What is Teen Court
200
True or False: Holding the respondent accountable for his or her actions means that the respondent is made aware of the harmful effects of the offense on the victim and others.
What is True
200
Define Jury Duty
What is the defendant come back and sits on a panel after taking the oath of Confidentiality
300
True of False: Most Victims of Crime are Old People
What is False Young people are most frequently victims of crime.
300
These goals and principles shape the foundation of Teen Courts
across the nation.
What is Restorative Justice
300
How can youth court disposition provide for community safety ?
What is Community safety is provided by involving the community in the disposition so that the respondent develops more bonds with the community.
400
Name one direct victim of the crime of theft.
What is the person whose property was stolen
400
The two models that Castle Rock Teen Court uses are
What is What is Peer Panel and Trial models
400
The three goals of Restorative Justice are:
What is What are Accountability, Competency Development and Community
Safety?
400
What does is competency development mean
What is Knowledge is power.
It gives the defendant tools to make a different choice the next time.
500
Name one indirect victim of the crime of theft
What is Persons other than the direct victim who suffered consequences because the property was stolen, family members of the direct victim and the respondent, person in charge of the area where the property was stolen the community, and the legal and justice communities that must spend resources to prosecute the respondent
500
This offense can only be committed by a juvenile.
What is a status offense
500
Restorative Justice focuses not on punishment but instead on this:
What is What is restoring the harm caused to the victim, community?
500
Name the Two reasons volunteers and defendants are not allowed to talk about teen court cases outside of the courthouse ?
What is
1. The Oath of Confidentiality
2. These are juvenile cases and they are protected