Juvenile Justice Exam 1

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Official Statistics

Uniform Crime report

  • crimes reported to police/arrests made by police

  • often “incomplete”

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Self-Report Studies

anonymous surveys taken among individuals

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delinquent

minor child who has violated the penal code

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status offender

non criminal but troublesome behavior of minors

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delinquent child

criminal

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delinquent act

crime

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take into custody

arrest

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petition

indictment

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agree to a finding

plead guilty

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deny the petition

plead not guilty

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adjustment

plea bargain

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detention facility

jail

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substitution

reduction of charges

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adjudiction

trial / conviction

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dispositional hearing

sentence hearing

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disposition

sentence

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commitment

incarceration

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youth development center

prison

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residential childcare facility

halfway house

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aftercare

parole