Chapter 15 Vocab

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juvenile justice system

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government agencies that function to investigate,supervise,adjudicate,care for,or confine youthful offenders and other and other children subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

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delinquency

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in the broadest usage,juvenile actions or couldnt in violation of criminal law,juvenile status offenses and other juvenile misbeahvior

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parens patriae

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a common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody of a child when he or she becomes deliquent,is abandoned,or is in need of care that the natural parents are unable or unwilling to provide

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delinquent child

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a child who has engaged in activity that would be considered a crime if the child were an adult. the term delinquent is used to avoid the stigma associated with the term criminal.

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undisciplined child

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a child who is beyond parental control,as evidenced by his or her refusal to obey legitimate authorities,such as school officals and teachers

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dependent child

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a child who has no parents or whose parents are unable to care for him or her

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neglected child

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a child who is not recieving the proper level of physical or psychological care from his or her parents or guardians or who has been placed up for adoption in violation of the law

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abused child

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a child who has been physically,sexually or her parents or guardians or who has been placed up for adoption in violation of the law

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status offender

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a child who commits an act that is contray to the law by virtue of the law by virtue of the offenders status as a child.purchasing cigarettes,buying alcohol,and being truant are examples of such behavior

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status offense

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an act or conduct that is declared by statute to be an offense,but only when commoitted by or engaged in by a juvenille,and that can be adjudicated only by a juvenile court.

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social ecology

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a criminological approach that is declared by statue to be an offense,but only when committed by or engaged in by a juvenile court

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opportunity theory

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a perspective that sees delinquency as the result of limited legitimate opportunities for success available to most lower-class youth.

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cohort

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a group of indivuals sharing similarties of age place of birth and residence.cohort analysis is a social science technique that tracks cohorts over time to identify the unique and observable behavioral traits that characterize them

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juvenie petition

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a document filed in juvenile court alleging that a juvenile is a deliquent a status offender,or a dependent and asking that the court assume jursdiction over the juvenile or that an alleged delinquent be transferred to a criminal court for prosecution as an adult

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intake

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the first step in decision making regarding a juvenile whose behavior is in violation of the law or could otherwise cause a juvenile court to assume jursdiction

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adjudicatory hearing

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the fact-finding process wherein the juvenille court determines whether there is sufficient evidence to substain the allegations in a petition

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teen court

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an alternative approach to juvenile justice in which alleged offenders are judged and sentence by a jury of their peers

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dispositional hearing

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the final stage in the processing of adjudicated juveniles in which a decsion is made on the form of treatment or penalty that should be imposed on the child

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juvenile disposition

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the decision of a juvenile court,concluding a dispostional hearing that an adjudicated juvenile be committed to a juvenile correctional facility be placed in a juvenile correctional facility be placed in a juvenile residence,shelter or care or treatment program