Introduction To Criminal Justice Ch. 13

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Houses of Refuge

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first specialized correctional institutions for youths in the United States. Primary goal was to prevent pauperism and respond to youths that were ignored by courts

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Cottages and Institutional Reformatories:
Location

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Cottage and institutional reformatories were both located in rural areas to avoid negative urban influences. Children lived with surrogate parents in cottage reformatories, while institutions were often overcrowded.

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Girls institutions Before late 1800's

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Didn't exist. The put them in the same institutions as boys and had strict segregation policies.

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Express goal of early juvenile female institutions

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Prepare girls to be good housewives and mothers

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Purpose of Group homes

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503
to avoid requiring youth to accept surrogate parents

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Juvenile institutions affect on Recidivism

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505
most have very little affect on recidivism.

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Ex Parte Crouse

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1838
Mary Ann Crouse was institutionalized by her mother against her father's wishes. The Pennsylvania supreme court ruled that Mary Ann's placement was legal because:
1) the purpose of the Philadelphia house of Refuge was to reform youths, not punish them
2) Formal due process protections provided to adults in criminal trials were unnecessary because Mary Ann was not being punished
3) When parents were unwilling or unable to protect their children, the state had a legal obligation to do so.

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City and Year first Juvenile Court was established

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City: Chicago, Illinois
Year: 1899

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Informal Juvenile Justice

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the actions taken by citizens to respond to juvenile offenders without involving the official agencies of juvenile justice

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How many juvenile court cases were handled in 1998?

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493
Well, in 2000, there were 1,633,300
but in 1998, there were 905,319,
according to "Juvenile court Statistics 1998"
http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/193696/appa.html

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People v Turner

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480
1870
ruled that Daniel o'connell, was being punished and not helped by his placement in the Chicago House of Refuge (which happened against both parent's wishes). Due process protections were in fact necessary because institutionalization was a punishment.

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Most Frequently used correction in response to youth in juvenile court

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probation, at 63%

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Intake Decision making

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494
Transfer, waiver, or certification to criminal court
(note: not actually sure what Williams was talking about on this one)

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conditions in juvenile correctional facilities

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-extremely restrictive
-razor wire around the premises,
-overcrowded
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status offenses

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Offenses that are only crimes because of the age of the offender:
-curfew
-Incorrigibility
-truancy
-running away from home

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Crime control model and surveillance

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524
#56 is true

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Meditation and arbitration

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Mediation: A dispute resolutikkon process that brings dusputants together with a third party who is trained in the art of helping people resolve disputes to everyone's satisfaction. The agreed-upon resolution is then formalized into a binding consent agreement

Arbitration: A dispute resolution process that brings disputants together with a third party who has the skills to listen objectively to evidence presented by both sides of a conflict, to ask probing and relevant questions of each side, and to arrive at an equitable solution to the dispute.