Juvenile Delinquency Test 2

Who controls the Budget for Criminal Justice State Wide?

NYS legislature

Who makes laws that impact Criminal Justice on a yearly basis?

NYS Legislature

Raise the Age

A big step forward with changes in how we handle those who commit crime at a very young age

Raise the Age legislation

aims to redorm the Juvenile Justice System by adjusting how 16 and 17 years old offenders are processed, focusing on rehabilitation and support through probation

Raise the Age legislation

focused in how to handle violent felony offenses committed by young teenagers

Youthful drug use

continues to be a societal concern; behavior is associated with other criminal actions inlcuding violence and property crime

Many youths are under the influence of __________ and __________ at the time they commit delinquent acts

drugs, alcohol

Drug use

a critical problem for offenders, including adolescents

What has almost every city, town and villiage in the United States confronted?

some sort of teenage substance abuse problem

Why do kids use drugs?

Studies have tied drug use to poverty, social disorganization and hopelessness

What does peer pressure research show?

adolescent drug use is highly correlated with the behavior of freinds, especially when parent supervision is weak

Drug use in inner city areas

come to contact with drug users, who teach the youth that drugs provide an answer to their feelings of inadequacy and stress

Peer networks

may be the most significant influence on long term substance abuse

What do a lot of drug users have?

a poor family life

What have the majority of drug users have had?

an unhappy childhoos, which included harsh punishment and parental neglect

What can play a role in adolescent drug use?

parental economic hardship

What reasons may young people tak drugs for?

peer pressure, growing up in a rough neighborhood, poor family life, living with parents who abuse drugs, to escape reality

What is a key national concern?

The pattern of drug use and crime in teenage substance abuse

Addiction-prone personality

drug abusers are also believed to exhibit mental health problems

What have adult and juvenile justice systems developed?

processes that couples enforcement with treatments

What is the underlying philosphy of drug courts?

to use the court’s authority to promote participation in and succeesful completion of treatment aimed at reducing drug use and related criminal behavior

What the the courts represent?

a coalition of prosecution

Coalition of prosecution

police, probation, judges, treatment professionals and social science agencies, and the community groups working together to get the offenders of drugs and keep them off drugs

What is an abused or neglected child more likely to become?

involved in delinquency

neglect or abuse

may have a negative impact on the emotional development of the child

What does neglect or abuse lead to?

truancy and disruptive behavior in school, run away from home, or generate so much pain that alcohol and drugs are sometimes viewed as a needed escape

What do studies show about neglect and abuse?

they create so much anger that abused children/teenagers may later commit agressuve acts against others

What haven’t victimized children received?

the love and anttention which is necessary for healthy growth and development

Victimizes children and teenagers

often feel abandoned and lack the security of being a part of a real family. They can struggle, sometimes all their lives, to get the positive feeling of being cared for that they have never experienced throughout their early life while growing up in his/her family home or foster homes.

Why do teenagers run away?

they are often abused at home

What does running away a coping mechanism for?

the pain of neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse

What do youth see running away as?

the only way to manage an unmanageable problem

What have studies found about abused and neglected children and school?

abused ad neglected children have greater difficulty in school than children who are not abused

running away

leaving the custody and home of parents or guardians without permission and failing to return with a reasonable length of time; status offense