Juv Justice

Adjudicatory Hearing

similar to criminal trial

Formal or informal handling by police of juviniles

serousness of crime, respect of victim, offender well known

People Vs. Lara

juv. may waive rights, validity based on totality of circumstances

Net widening-criticism of diversion

juv. would have been released

Roper vs Simmons

practice of death penalty ended

Restorative Justice

core crime is an offense against human relations, victim-community important, 1st priority assist victim NOT PUNITIVE

In Re Gualt

made Miranda applicable to juv. taken into custody/ due process must be followed

Waiver

27% tried in criminal court went to prison - 62% African Americans juv. waived

3 methods to be waived:

1) convert jurisdiction

2) statutory exclusion polciy

3) Judical Review

Watch & pledge system

early English society, patrolled at night, pledged to the Norman Conquest & watch

Plea-barganing

less common in juv. court taken into custody/ due process must be followed

Methods to wave 3

1) convert jurisdiction

2) statutory exclusion polciy

3) Judical Review

Fare vs. Michael C.

Child asking for probation officer is not equivalent to an attorney

Probable cause

need to arrest juv

District Attorney

Responsible for bringing the state’s case against the accused juv.

Deinstitionalization

1974 OJJDP prohibits placement of status offenders in detention facility

Schall vs. Martin

preventive detention protects juveniles. & society/ pre-trial crime

intake

decisions to release, place under supervision, or refer elsewhere

Adjudictication options

dismiss on evidence, find delinquent, not delinquent, similar to adult court

Probation

primary form of comm. treatment used by jj system, court holds period of detainment in abeyance juv. promise to obey court rules

predisposition report

influence of peers, evaluation of social functioning, analysis of the childs capacity to change

monetart resitution

Reimbures victim or donate money to charity

Probation code of conduct

rules that mandate behavior in a particular way

number of youth held in facilities

71,100

two manjor choices of correctional treatment

community or institutional

active monitoring

ankle bracelet

sources of police discretion

situational factors, enviromental factors and police policy

institutionalized female juveniles

fewer educational and vocational programs

Affrican American Youth

view police less favorably compared to their white counterparts

Illegally sized evidence

indismissable

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typical deliquent detainee

over 16, charged w/ violent crime a local or ethical minority