Juvenile Justice

Court that hears cases involving juvenile delinquents, under age 17, deprived and neglected children under the age of 18, and consent cases between minors and guardians.

• Adjudicatory Hearing

• Juvenile Court

• Superior Court

• Probate Court

A minor 17 years of age or under who has been charged with wrong doing.

• Juvenile

• Detainee

• Delinquent

• Unruly Teenager

An act committed by a juvenile that would be a criminal offense according to adult law.

• Unruly Act

• Felony

• Misdemeanor

• Delinquent Act

A step in the juvenile justice process where the judge determines the juvenile's guilt or innocence.

• Disposition Hearing

• Informal Adjustment

• Adjudicatory Hearing

• Sentencing

The decision to detain a juvenile is based on:

• Policies established by the clerk of court

• Reasons prescribed in law, including the juvenile’s risk to self or his or her community and risk of flight

• Policies established by the court

• Policies of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice

• The magistrate’s judgment

Places in the community where juveniles are temporarily held pending court hearings

• Transfer hearing

• Juvenile correctional center

• Adjudicatory hearing

• Dispositional hearing

• Detention center

to correct a person's behavior and the goal of the juvenile system

• rehabilitate

• punish

• delinquency

• incarcerate

young people who have committed acts that would not be crimes if done by adults

• Delinquent offenders

• Status offenders

• Criminals

Which of the listed offenses is not classified as a status offense?

• Runaway

• Burglary

• Tobacco possession

• Ungovernable

A person must be at least 21 years old in order to get a juvenile record expunged.

• True

• False