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[Show more]The Juvenile Justice System correct answer: -comprised of law enforcement, the courts, and corrections 
-no national juvenile justice system 
-limited jurisdiction (up to age 17 in most states) 
-confidentiality of proceedings (records don't get released) 
-status offenses 
 
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Add to cartThe Juvenile Justice System correct answer: -comprised of law enforcement, the courts, and corrections 
-no national juvenile justice system 
-limited jurisdiction (up to age 17 in most states) 
-confidentiality of proceedings (records don't get released) 
-status offenses 
 
Parens Patriae correc...
A number of states have experimented with what type of intervention to replace juvenile court jurisdiction over most status offenses? correct answer: Community-based treatment programs 
 
As an adolescent, Mandy is undergoing a dramatic changes in her height, weight and sexual characteristics; thes...
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Add to cartA number of states have experimented with what type of intervention to replace juvenile court jurisdiction over most status offenses? correct answer: Community-based treatment programs 
 
As an adolescent, Mandy is undergoing a dramatic changes in her height, weight and sexual characteristics; thes...
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Add to cartDelinquency correct answer: law violation by youths 
 
2 Kinds of Delinquency: correct answer: Criminal acts and status offenses 
 
Criminal acts correct answer: Actual law violations, same as if adult committed it (murder, robbery, rape, arson, etc.) 
 
Status offenses correct answer: "crimes ...
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Add to cartDelinquency correct answer: law violation by youths 
 
2 Kinds of Delinquency: correct answer: Criminal acts and status offenses 
 
Criminal acts correct answer: Actual law violations, same as if adult committed it (murder, robbery, rape, arson, etc.) 
 
Status offenses correct answer: "crimes ...
What has a temporary and short-term influence on a child's behavior? correct answer: Delinquent friends 
 
What do delinquents perceive they have fewer off? correct answer: legitimate opportunities. 
 
Do psychopathic youths act aggressively in detention centers? correct answer: yes 
 
Are race ...
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Add to cartWhat has a temporary and short-term influence on a child's behavior? correct answer: Delinquent friends 
 
What do delinquents perceive they have fewer off? correct answer: legitimate opportunities. 
 
Do psychopathic youths act aggressively in detention centers? correct answer: yes 
 
Are race ...
Psychodynamic Theory correct answer: Sigmud Freud's Theory that holds that the human personality is controlled by unconscious mental processes (ID) developed early in childhood. 
 
Criminal Atavism correct answer: Idea that delinquents manifest physical anomalies that make them biologically and p...
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Add to cartPsychodynamic Theory correct answer: Sigmud Freud's Theory that holds that the human personality is controlled by unconscious mental processes (ID) developed early in childhood. 
 
Criminal Atavism correct answer: Idea that delinquents manifest physical anomalies that make them biologically and p...
achieved status correct answer: a status that is earned 
 
adolescence limited offenders correct answer: the overwhelming majority of children who commit a few minor acts of delinquency on an inconsistent basis during their teen years 
 
Allen v. United States correct answer: The U.S. Supreme Cou...
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Add to cartachieved status correct answer: a status that is earned 
 
adolescence limited offenders correct answer: the overwhelming majority of children who commit a few minor acts of delinquency on an inconsistent basis during their teen years 
 
Allen v. United States correct answer: The U.S. Supreme Cou...
Conceptions of delinquency correct answer: normative conception: generally agreed upon norms. 
 
social constructionist conception: our behaviors become deviant only when we see the behavior as deviant and apply that label to it. 
 
 critical conception: norms have been set upon those with positio...
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Add to cartConceptions of delinquency correct answer: normative conception: generally agreed upon norms. 
 
social constructionist conception: our behaviors become deviant only when we see the behavior as deviant and apply that label to it. 
 
 critical conception: norms have been set upon those with positio...
What is the definition of juvenile delinquency? correct answer: The participation in illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a statutory age limit. 
 
What is a status offense? correct answer: Conduct that is illegal only because the child is of a certain age. 
 
In what ways do we measure del...
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Add to cartWhat is the definition of juvenile delinquency? correct answer: The participation in illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a statutory age limit. 
 
What is a status offense? correct answer: Conduct that is illegal only because the child is of a certain age. 
 
In what ways do we measure del...
Discuss the social construction of teenagers and how they are defined. correct answer: Focus on teenagers + conceptualizing them as their own group came when the baby boomer generation hit that age range--more concentration on them as their own group of people 
 
Defined as a separate group from bo...
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Add to cartDiscuss the social construction of teenagers and how they are defined. correct answer: Focus on teenagers + conceptualizing them as their own group came when the baby boomer generation hit that age range--more concentration on them as their own group of people 
 
Defined as a separate group from bo...
Age Distribution of Crime correct answer: Crime increases rapidly through pre-adolescence -> peaks at 18-21 -> declines rapidly after -> decline continually throughout adulthood 
 
Implication of Age Discrimination correct answer: 1. You implement prevention programs early when kids are y...
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Add to cartAge Distribution of Crime correct answer: Crime increases rapidly through pre-adolescence -> peaks at 18-21 -> declines rapidly after -> decline continually throughout adulthood 
 
Implication of Age Discrimination correct answer: 1. You implement prevention programs early when kids are y...
A fact to remember correct answer: -A majority of juveniles who are arrested will never again be arrested, either as a juvenile or as an adult 
-Maryland study: 56% youth never taken into custody again 
-North Dakota study: 58% of youth taken into custody were never taken into custody again 
 
So, ...
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Add to cartA fact to remember correct answer: -A majority of juveniles who are arrested will never again be arrested, either as a juvenile or as an adult 
-Maryland study: 56% youth never taken into custody again 
-North Dakota study: 58% of youth taken into custody were never taken into custody again 
 
So, ...
Juvenile Delinquency correct answer: Act committed by an individual under the age of 18 that violates the penal code of the region in which the act us committed (social construct ) 
 
Delinquent correct answer: -the age determines the status 
-lower and upper ages (dictate cutoff age when jurisdi...
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Add to cartJuvenile Delinquency correct answer: Act committed by an individual under the age of 18 that violates the penal code of the region in which the act us committed (social construct ) 
 
Delinquent correct answer: -the age determines the status 
-lower and upper ages (dictate cutoff age when jurisdi...
The combination of mineral and animal wealth the Anglos found on the annexed Mexican lands, plus Mexican laborers that Anglo businessmen recruited to extract it, provided the underpinnings of 20th century Western prosperity. That combination made possible the vast expansion of our country's electri...
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Add to cartThe combination of mineral and animal wealth the Anglos found on the annexed Mexican lands, plus Mexican laborers that Anglo businessmen recruited to extract it, provided the underpinnings of 20th century Western prosperity. That combination made possible the vast expansion of our country's electri...
Proceedings concerning juveniles officially begin with the filing of a ______ alleging that a juvenile is delinquent, dependent, neglected, abused, in need of supervision, or in need of authoritative intervention. correct answer: Petition 
 
Since the _______ decision, regardless of the particular ...
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Add to cartProceedings concerning juveniles officially begin with the filing of a ______ alleging that a juvenile is delinquent, dependent, neglected, abused, in need of supervision, or in need of authoritative intervention. correct answer: Petition 
 
Since the _______ decision, regardless of the particular ...
Voluntary apprentices were bound out by parents or guardians who wished to secure training for their children. correct answer: True 
 
Early English jurisprudence held that children under the age of 6 were legally incapable of committing crimes. correct answer: False 
 
The courts have struck down...
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Add to cartVoluntary apprentices were bound out by parents or guardians who wished to secure training for their children. correct answer: True 
 
Early English jurisprudence held that children under the age of 6 were legally incapable of committing crimes. correct answer: False 
 
The courts have struck down...
ego identity is formed when persons develop a firm sense of who they are and what they stand for correct answer: Ego Identity 
 
occurs when youths spread themselves too thin, experience personal uncertainty, and place themselves at the mercy of leaders who promise to give them a sense of identity ...
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Add to cartego identity is formed when persons develop a firm sense of who they are and what they stand for correct answer: Ego Identity 
 
occurs when youths spread themselves too thin, experience personal uncertainty, and place themselves at the mercy of leaders who promise to give them a sense of identity ...
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