Juvenile Justice

the primary objective of the juvenile court

• rehabilitation

• punishment

• deterrence

 reduced concern with legal issues of ___ or ___ and an emphasis on the child’s best interest

• justification

• guilt

• innocence

• prevention

emphasis on treatment rather than ___

• forgiveness

• unruliness

• justification

• punishment

privacy and protection from public scrutiny such as:

• sealed records

• social media posts

•  laws

      against publishing the names of juvenile offender

• witness protection

use of techniques of ___ in dispositional decision making rather than 

    sentences determined by a perceived need for punishment.

• crime and punishment

• meditation

• social science

no long term confinement, with most juveniles being released from institutions by their 

    ___birthday, regardless of offense

• 16

• 21

• 18

• 25

Are juveniles housed separately from adults

• yes

• no

Does the judge have broad discretionary alternatives at all points in the process

• yes

• no

___ category of juvenile offense that an act that violates federal, state, or municipal laws

• criminal

• deliquent

• status offense

An act  or conduct that is declared by statue to be an offense but only when committed by or engaged in by a juvenile and that can be adjudicated only by a juvenile court.

• delinquent

• criminal

• status offense