Juvenile Delinquency Concepts

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What is delinquency?

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Legal term that includes a broad range of behaviors including failure to act lawfully.

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Which special category of misbehavior applies only to individuals of a certain age, like skipping school or breaking curfew?

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Status Offense(s)

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Individuals who are younger than 10 years of age are usually not held legally accountable for misbehavior because they lack what critical characteristic?

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Mens Rea

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How is a juvenile delinquency or youth crime wave officially defined?

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It's not. There's no measure for any type of crime wave.

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When it comes to journalistic research and reports, how do they generally compare to peer-reviewed scientific research and reports?

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Less accurate, valid, and reliable than peer-reviewed scientific research and reports.

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How might you explain theory to Lieutenant Garcia?

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Theory is developed, tested, and used to guide research that has real-world value.