HDC CJ Lessons 2.1 & 2.2

What is the guiding principle and primary focus of juvenile courts?

• Crime Control Model

• Doctrine of Proportionality

• Best Interest of the Child

• Parens Patriae

Which model of the criminal justice system emphasizes aggressive crime suppression and control?

• Due Process Model

• Crime Control Model

• Informal Diversion

• Extralegal Factors

What is the process of moving residents of institutions, such as state hospitals, into the community called?

• Deinstitutionalization

• Informal Diversion

• Parole Board

• Juvenile Delinquency

What does the Doctrine of Proportionality state?

• The punishment should fit the crime rather than being too lenient or too harsh.

• The guiding principle and primary focus of juvenile courts.

• A conceptualization of criminal justice system characterized by an emphasis on protecting civil liberties.

• Factors that exist outside of the law or that are contrary to the law.

Which model of the criminal justice system emphasizes protecting civil liberties?

• Crime Control Model

• Due Process Model

• Informal Diversion

• Extralegal Factors

What are factors that exist outside of the law or that are contrary to the law called?

• Informal Diversion

• Extralegal Factors

• Parole Board

• Partisan Politics

What is the removal of a person from the criminal justice system or the juvenile justice system such that they do not have a criminal conviction and criminal record called?

• Deinstitutionalization

• Informal Diversion

• Parole Board

• Juvenile Delinquency

What did the Juvenile Court Act of 1899 establish?

• A federal law aimed at creating community-level responses to juvenile delinquency.

• America's first Juvenile Court in Chicago.

• The power of the government to provide guardianship of those in need of care or supervision.

• A panel of people that decide whether a prisoner should be released on parole.

What are violations of law committed by juveniles called?

• Juvenile Delinquency

• Partisan Politics

• Politicized

• Parole Board

What was the aim of the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act of 1968?

• To establish America's first Juvenile Court in Chicago.

• To create community-level responses to juvenile delinquency.

• To provide guardianship of those in need of care or supervision.

• To decide whether a prisoner should be released on parole.