Juvenile Justice Vocabulary & Terms Quiz

What does the term 'recidivism' refer to?

• Tendency to reoffend

• Easily influenced

• Responsibility for a fault

• Mercy, leniency

What does the term 'malleable' mean?

• Easily influenced

• Tendency to reoffend

• Mercy, leniency

• Responsibility for a fault

What is the meaning of 'culpability'?

• Mercy, leniency

• Tendency to reoffend

• Easily influenced

• Responsibility for a fault

What does 'perpetuate' mean?

• Easily influenced

• Tendency to reoffend

• To cause something to continue

• Responsibility for a fault

What is a felony?

• A crime involving violence

• A form of imprisonment

• A lesser offense than a misdemeanor

• A crime punishable by death

What is 'LWOP' an abbreviation for?

• Laws Without Oppositional Prejudice

• Leave Wihout Payment

• Life Without Parole

• Lawyers Who Owe Plaintiffs

What is 'JLWOP' an abbreviation for?

• Just Leave Women on Probation

• Juvenile Life Without Parole

• Juveniles Learn While Probationary

• Judge Leaves Witness without Protection

In law terms, what is a sentence?

• the punishment ordered by a court for a defendant convicted of a crime

• a set of words typically containing a subject and verb to make a complete statement

• when a juvenile is charged as an adult

• where the lower courts house juveniles

An appeal is applying to a higher court for a ____ of the decision of a lower court

Which words means to 'plan-out or think-through beforehand'?

• clemency

• premeditated

• perpetuate

• reform