JUVENILE JUSTICE CHAPTER 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Adjudication Hearing - ANSWER-the equivalent of an adult trial.
Aftercare (juvenile parole) - ANSWER-A period of supervised time after release from
a state juvenile facility.
Bifurcated - ANSWER-Refers to the two-part juvenile court process for petitioned
juvenile offenders. The adjudication hearing is the first part, and disposition or
sentencing is the second part.
CINS - ANSWER-an acronym for Children In Need of Supervision that is typically
given to status offenders. Other popular acronyms include PINS (persons in need of
supervision) or MINS (minors in need of supervision).
Controversy of Culpability - ANSWER-refers to the controversy concerning the age
at which a child can be held responsible for his or her actions because of the ability
to possess Mens Rea, or a guilty mind. The controversy centers on different ideas
about the age of responsibility, as evidence by the differing minimum ages or
jurisdiction in states.
Crime control era - ANSWER-generally, the point in time starting in the 1980s that
was known for a concern about the rise in drug use, gun possession, and drug sales
(particularly crack cocaine) among juveniles. public scrutiny of the rise in these types
of juvenile crime caused a get-tough policy for juvenile offenders,
Deferred/ informal probation - ANSWER-An agreement with the court intake officer
(either a probation officer or a prosecutor) whereby a juvenile is not petitioned to the
juvenile court in lieu of the successful completion of a period of time without further
delinquency offenses. The period of time is typically 6 months.
Deferred prosecution - ANSWER-similar to deferred probation and is an agreement
not to prosecute or petition the youth as long as he or she completes a period of time
without further delinquent involvement,
Delinquency - ANSWER-Any act committed by a juvenile that would be considered a
criminal offense if committed by an adult,
Dependency - ANSWER-A situation in which parents are not able to adequately take
care of their children, typically because of death of disability.
Detention Facility - ANSWER-a short term locked facility that holds juveniles at 3
points in time-after arrest, before the adjudication hearing and after disposition while
the youth awaits transfer to a state operated juvenile justice facility. Detention
facilities also hold probation and parole violators.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Adjudication Hearing - ANSWER-the equivalent of an adult trial.
Aftercare (juvenile parole) - ANSWER-A period of supervised time after release from
a state juvenile facility.
Bifurcated - ANSWER-Refers to the two-part juvenile court process for petitioned
juvenile offenders. The adjudication hearing is the first part, and disposition or
sentencing is the second part.
CINS - ANSWER-an acronym for Children In Need of Supervision that is typically
given to status offenders. Other popular acronyms include PINS (persons in need of
supervision) or MINS (minors in need of supervision).
Controversy of Culpability - ANSWER-refers to the controversy concerning the age
at which a child can be held responsible for his or her actions because of the ability
to possess Mens Rea, or a guilty mind. The controversy centers on different ideas
about the age of responsibility, as evidence by the differing minimum ages or
jurisdiction in states.
Crime control era - ANSWER-generally, the point in time starting in the 1980s that
was known for a concern about the rise in drug use, gun possession, and drug sales
(particularly crack cocaine) among juveniles. public scrutiny of the rise in these types
of juvenile crime caused a get-tough policy for juvenile offenders,
Deferred/ informal probation - ANSWER-An agreement with the court intake officer
(either a probation officer or a prosecutor) whereby a juvenile is not petitioned to the
juvenile court in lieu of the successful completion of a period of time without further
delinquency offenses. The period of time is typically 6 months.
Deferred prosecution - ANSWER-similar to deferred probation and is an agreement
not to prosecute or petition the youth as long as he or she completes a period of time
without further delinquent involvement,
Delinquency - ANSWER-Any act committed by a juvenile that would be considered a
criminal offense if committed by an adult,
Dependency - ANSWER-A situation in which parents are not able to adequately take
care of their children, typically because of death of disability.
Detention Facility - ANSWER-a short term locked facility that holds juveniles at 3
points in time-after arrest, before the adjudication hearing and after disposition while
the youth awaits transfer to a state operated juvenile justice facility. Detention
facilities also hold probation and parole violators.
