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30 Cards in this Set
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One spot approach |
Places those who are abused & neglected, commit status offenses & who are delinquents into the same judicial system. |
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Retributive justice |
Seeks revenge or recompense for unlawful behavior |
Lex talionis |
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Restorative justice |
Focused on repairing the harm done to victim and to the community and stresses that offenders must contribute to the repair. |
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Official data |
Information and statistics collected by the police, courts, and corrections agencies on the local, regional and national levels |
Murder, rape, burglary... |
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Uniform crime report |
Collects offense information for part 1 offenses ( violent crimes) |
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Dark figure of crime |
Crime not reported to law enforcement |
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Adjudication |
Conviction of guilt |
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Adjudicatory hearing/ |
Is roughly equivalent to being convicted in criminal court |
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Adjustment |
Plea bargaining |
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Aftercare |
Parole |
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Commitment |
Sentence to imprisonment |
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Delinquent act |
Crime |
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Delinquent child |
Criminal |
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Detention |
Holding in jail |
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Dispositional hearing- sentencing |
If found delinquent, a youth normally proceeds to sentencing hearing |
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Hearing |
Trial |
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Juvenile court |
Court of record |
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Residential child care facility |
Halfway houses |
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Centralized states |
Characterized by a state executive agency across the board state control services |
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Decentralized states |
Characterized at minimum, by local control or services |
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3 basic components |
Law enforcement, courts, and corrections |
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Juvenile justice process |
Arrest, referral, intake |
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Diversion |
Filtering process that removes youths from formal juvenile court jurisdiction & places them on an alternative path that allows the case to proceed w/adjudication |
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Petitioning/charges filed |
Delinquency cases appear on a court calendar in response to the filing of a petition, complaint or other legal document requesting the court to adjudicate a youth as a delinquent or status offender |
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Disparity |
Refers to difference but not necessarily involving discrimination |
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Legal factors |
Include seriousness of the offense, aggravating or mitigating circumstances or an offenders prior criminal record |
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Extralegal factors |
Include race, ethnicity, gender, social class and life style. |
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3 common methods to measure the nature and extent of unlawful acts by juveniles |
Official data, self report data, and victims surveys |
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Classical conservative approach |
Get tough on juveniles- punish them |
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Traditional liberal approach |
Stresses treatment and rehabilitation, including community based programs |
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