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Texas Juvenile Justice Department Newest 2025/2026
With Complete Questions And Correct Answers
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Define criminology - Answer-The study of crime
Define criminal justice - Answer-the studies of societies
reaction to crime
The juvenile justice system in the US is broken! What are
some of the problems with it? - Answer--1.They are in an
adult correction mentality 2.Violence 3.Safety issues
4.funding 5.aging facilities 6.frequent lockdowns 7.time
adds to length of stay 8.youth house by gang affiliation
9.staff shortages 10.overcrowding 11.poor education
programs 12.fragmeneted sentences 13.poor reentry
plan14.enourmous costs
Define parens partiae. - Answer-"state as the parent"
-protect and intervene w/ chidren involved.
(serve as the guardian to the interests of the child and to
intervene if not be taken care of)
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What did the Juvenile Court Act of 1899 do? - Answer--1st
juvenile court
-informal
-no proof/criminality
Where was the first juvenile court established? - Answer--
Cook county, Chicago
Describe how the court was said to operate on an informal
basis? - Answer--hearsay
-no proof of criminality
(Table and chairs where the judge and chuld, and his or
her parents and probation officers could sit together in the
case)
List the 3 major changes that began to affect juvenile
institutions in the closing decades of the 19th century. -
Answer-•Increasing size of institutional populations
•Decrease in funding from state legislatures
•Admit of more dangerous offenders
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List the 6 major themes that run through history with
regard to US juvenile justice. - Answer-1. Discovery of the
child
2. Increased authority of the state
3. Reform and retrenchment
4. Get tough/ go soft approach
5. Threat of the dangerous poor
6. Unsolvable nature of youth crime
List the 3 subsystems that carry out the mandates of the
laws concerning delinquent and criminal behavior -
Answer--Police, juvenile courts, correction department
List the 3 basic responsibilities of police with regard to
juvenile offenders. - Answer--Enforce the law
-Maintain order
-provide services for juveniles
(inc. crime clearance rate)
List the 4 things that the juvenile court must do. - Answer-
1. Dispose of cases sent by probation debts
Texas Juvenile Justice Department Newest 2025/2026
With Complete Questions And Correct Answers
|Already Graded A+||Latest Exam Version!!!!|
Define criminology - Answer-The study of crime
Define criminal justice - Answer-the studies of societies
reaction to crime
The juvenile justice system in the US is broken! What are
some of the problems with it? - Answer--1.They are in an
adult correction mentality 2.Violence 3.Safety issues
4.funding 5.aging facilities 6.frequent lockdowns 7.time
adds to length of stay 8.youth house by gang affiliation
9.staff shortages 10.overcrowding 11.poor education
programs 12.fragmeneted sentences 13.poor reentry
plan14.enourmous costs
Define parens partiae. - Answer-"state as the parent"
-protect and intervene w/ chidren involved.
(serve as the guardian to the interests of the child and to
intervene if not be taken care of)
,2|Page
What did the Juvenile Court Act of 1899 do? - Answer--1st
juvenile court
-informal
-no proof/criminality
Where was the first juvenile court established? - Answer--
Cook county, Chicago
Describe how the court was said to operate on an informal
basis? - Answer--hearsay
-no proof of criminality
(Table and chairs where the judge and chuld, and his or
her parents and probation officers could sit together in the
case)
List the 3 major changes that began to affect juvenile
institutions in the closing decades of the 19th century. -
Answer-•Increasing size of institutional populations
•Decrease in funding from state legislatures
•Admit of more dangerous offenders
, 3|Page
List the 6 major themes that run through history with
regard to US juvenile justice. - Answer-1. Discovery of the
child
2. Increased authority of the state
3. Reform and retrenchment
4. Get tough/ go soft approach
5. Threat of the dangerous poor
6. Unsolvable nature of youth crime
List the 3 subsystems that carry out the mandates of the
laws concerning delinquent and criminal behavior -
Answer--Police, juvenile courts, correction department
List the 3 basic responsibilities of police with regard to
juvenile offenders. - Answer--Enforce the law
-Maintain order
-provide services for juveniles
(inc. crime clearance rate)
List the 4 things that the juvenile court must do. - Answer-
1. Dispose of cases sent by probation debts
