Juvenile Delenquincy And Juvenile Justice Mideterm

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What is the juvenile justice system? What does it do?

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Responsible for controlling and correcting the behavior of troubled juveniles

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How were juvenile handled by society before the founding of the juvenile court?

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Which juveniles were targeted before the founding of the juvenile court and why?

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Immigrants and the poor

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Who engineered the founding of the court, and what philosophy did they follow?

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Middle and upper class female reformers, positivist school

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Describe the early juvenile court

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What was the thinking behind the development of the first houses of refuge?

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Industrialization, urbanization, family model

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When were reformatories developed, and what were their goals?

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Mid nineteenth century, schooling and labor

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Describe the cottage system.

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Rural Values, rural areas

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Describe the history of juvenile probation up to the present.

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What is the definition of aftercare? Describe its history.

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Focused on how to best deal with the problems of youthful offenders after their relase from a juvenile facility.

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What are the historical themes of juvenile justice?

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Discovering the child
Increased authority of the state
Reform and retrenchment
Get tough and go soft approaches
Threat of the dangerous poor
The unsolvable nature of youth crime

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Discovering the child

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The special needs of juveniles were never considered, children were forced to take on adult roles, and the "age of responsibility" began to be debated

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Increased authority of the state

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The state began to step in after the colonial period. Parens patriae doctrine- the right of the crown to intervene in family affairs. Divorce and dysfunction keeps the state4 involved.

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Reform and retrenchment

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We can not make up our minds. Thomas J. Bernard

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Get tough and go soft

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Get tough: serious offenders, punishment, and purposeful activity Go soft: 1960's least restrictive, status offenses, keep out of system, procedural safeguards

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Threat of the dangerous poor

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Late 1800s, proverty, race

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What is meant by the Unsolvable Nature of Youth Crime?

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Unlimited progress, eliminate long-standing problems,

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What are the juvenile justice agencies?

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3 subsystems: The police, the juvenile court, and corrections

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What are the functions of each juvenile justice agency?

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Police: Basic responsibility is to enforce teh law and maintain order
Juvenile courts: Make decisions, deal with child neglect adn dependency cases, and monitor the performance of juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent or status offenders.
Corrections: Responsible for the care of juvenile offenders sentenced by the courts

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Differences between the juvenile and adult justice systems

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Box 1.3, P. 18

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Similarties with the juvenile and adult justice systems?

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Operating assumptions
Prevention
Law enforcement
Intake-prosecution
Detention––jail/lockup
Adjudication––conviction
Disposition––sentencing
Aftercare––parole

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What happens at each stage of juvenile justice processing?

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Diversion
Exclusion
Prosecution
Intake
Adjudication
Disposition
Placement

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Different philosophies used in juvenile justice?

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Four models: The treatment model, the justice model, the crime model, and the balanced and restorative model

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Treatment Model

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Justice Model

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Crime Control Model

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Balanced and Restorative Justice Model

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