Juvenile Justice Exam 1

Official Statistics

Uniform Crime report

• crimes reported to police/arrests made by police

• often “incomplete”

Self-Report Studies

anonymous surveys taken among individuals

delinquent

minor child who has violated the penal code

status offender

non criminal but troublesome behavior of minors

delinquent child

criminal

delinquent act

crime

take into custody

arrest

petition

indictment

agree to a finding

plead guilty

deny the petition

plead not guilty

adjustment

plea bargain

detention facility

jail

substitution

reduction of charges

adjudiction

trial / conviction

dispositional hearing

sentence hearing

disposition

sentence

commitment

incarceration

youth development center

prison

residential childcare facility

halfway house

aftercare

parole