CRIMJ441 Juvenile Justice System:
Chapter 10 - Prevention and Diversion
Programs 2025 updated already passed
Diversion - correct answer ✔✔conceptual underpinning for community-
based programs. this is a process that diverts juveniles away from the
formal an authoritarian component of the juvenile justice system.
programs may be coordinated by youth agencies, juvenile courts, or the
police.
Drug courts - correct answer ✔✔courts that attempt to prevent
children and adults from continuing deviant drug-using behaviors.
These courts aim to stop the abuse of alcohol and other drugs through
the use of intensive therapeutic supervision
faith-based initiatives - correct answer ✔✔Initiatives that are intended
to strengthen and expand social services offered to the needy. faith-
based organization can apply for grants and funding to support
programs aimed at drug prevention, violence prevention, at-risk youth,
and gang behaviors.
Follow through - correct answer ✔✔Similar to Head Start, program
designed to help culturally deprived children catch up or keep pace
during their preschool and early school years.
, functionally related agencies - correct answer ✔✔Agencies that have
goals similar to those of juvenile justice system- namely, improving the
quality of life for juveniles by preventing offensive behavior, providing
opportunities for success, and correcting undesirable behavior.
head start - correct answer ✔✔A federally funded preschool program
for children from low-income or culturally marginalized families that
also provides healthcare, nutrition services, and social services( part of
the economic opportunity act of 1964 during the Johnson
administration).
Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP) - correct answer ✔✔Supports one-
to-one mentoring relationships for youth at risk of becoming involved in
delinquency, gangs, and educational failure
mental health courts - correct answer ✔✔Problem-solving courts that
combine community mental health treatment with judicial supervision
and support.
net widening - correct answer ✔✔A process whereby youth are brought
to the attention of juvenile authorities when they otherwise would not
be labeled, thereby increasing rather than decreasing stigmatization.
Chapter 10 - Prevention and Diversion
Programs 2025 updated already passed
Diversion - correct answer ✔✔conceptual underpinning for community-
based programs. this is a process that diverts juveniles away from the
formal an authoritarian component of the juvenile justice system.
programs may be coordinated by youth agencies, juvenile courts, or the
police.
Drug courts - correct answer ✔✔courts that attempt to prevent
children and adults from continuing deviant drug-using behaviors.
These courts aim to stop the abuse of alcohol and other drugs through
the use of intensive therapeutic supervision
faith-based initiatives - correct answer ✔✔Initiatives that are intended
to strengthen and expand social services offered to the needy. faith-
based organization can apply for grants and funding to support
programs aimed at drug prevention, violence prevention, at-risk youth,
and gang behaviors.
Follow through - correct answer ✔✔Similar to Head Start, program
designed to help culturally deprived children catch up or keep pace
during their preschool and early school years.
, functionally related agencies - correct answer ✔✔Agencies that have
goals similar to those of juvenile justice system- namely, improving the
quality of life for juveniles by preventing offensive behavior, providing
opportunities for success, and correcting undesirable behavior.
head start - correct answer ✔✔A federally funded preschool program
for children from low-income or culturally marginalized families that
also provides healthcare, nutrition services, and social services( part of
the economic opportunity act of 1964 during the Johnson
administration).
Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP) - correct answer ✔✔Supports one-
to-one mentoring relationships for youth at risk of becoming involved in
delinquency, gangs, and educational failure
mental health courts - correct answer ✔✔Problem-solving courts that
combine community mental health treatment with judicial supervision
and support.
net widening - correct answer ✔✔A process whereby youth are brought
to the attention of juvenile authorities when they otherwise would not
be labeled, thereby increasing rather than decreasing stigmatization.
