Juvenile Delinquency Final Exam Study
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August Vollmer - correct answer ✔✔Father of American policing
Search and seizure rights for juveniles - correct answer ✔✔Juveniles, like adults are protected
from unauthorized search and seizures
Miranda rights for juveniles - correct answer ✔✔Juveniles taken into custody are entitled to the
right stated by the 1966 decision of Miranda v. Arizona. The Supreme Court decision prohibits
the use of a confession in court unless the individual was advised of his or her rights before
interrogation, especially the right to remain silent, the right to have an attorney by the state if
the individual cannot afford one.
Fare v. Michael C. - correct answer ✔✔defines Miranda rights of minors
Fingerprinting juveniles - correct answer ✔✔a pretrial identification procedure used with both
juveniles and adults following arrest. Police handle the fingerprinting of juveniles in a wide
variety of ways; however, there is more consistency in how they destroy the records after their
purpose have been served
Effectiveness of DARE programs - correct answer ✔✔Has beneficial effects on student
knowledge of drugs, social skills, attitudes about drug use, and attitudes toward the police, but
these effects dissipate quickly and are typically gone within on to two days.
The effects on drug-abuse behavior (measured in numerous ways) are extremely rare
The identified effects tend to be small in size and also dissipated quickly
, Kent v. U.S. - correct answer ✔✔A 1966 US Supreme Court decision on the matter of transfer;
the first decision in which the Supreme Court dealt with a juvenile court case
In re Gault - correct answer ✔✔A 1967 US Supreme Court case that brought due process and
constitutional procedures into juvenile courts
Mckeiver v. Pennyslvania - correct answer ✔✔A 1971 US Supreme Court case that denied
juvenile the right to trail by jury
Breed v. Jones - correct answer ✔✔A 1975 double jeopardy case in which the US Supreme
Court ruled that a juvenile court cannot adjudicate a case and then transfer the case to the
criminal court for adult processing of the same offense
Schall v. Martin - correct answer ✔✔Preventive "pretrial" detention of juveniles is allowable
under certain circumstances
In re Winship - correct answer ✔✔A 1970 case in which the US Supreme Court decided that
juveniles are entitled to proof beyond a reasonable doubt during adjudication proceedings
Home detention and electronic monitoring - correct answer ✔✔House arrest. This form of
detention is used in some jurisdictions, and an adjudicated juvenile remains at home under the
supervision of juvenile probation officer.
Right to bail for juveniles - correct answer ✔✔Juveniles do not have a constitutional right to
seek bail. But many juveniles are released to their parents or guardians prior to arraignment in
juvenile court. The right to counsel. In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court (in a case called In re
Gault) ruled that minors have the right to an attorney in juvenile proceedings.
Types of waiver for juveniles - correct answer ✔✔1. Prosecutorial- prosecutor decides
2. Statutory exclusion- written into law, law chooses, no judge
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August Vollmer - correct answer ✔✔Father of American policing
Search and seizure rights for juveniles - correct answer ✔✔Juveniles, like adults are protected
from unauthorized search and seizures
Miranda rights for juveniles - correct answer ✔✔Juveniles taken into custody are entitled to the
right stated by the 1966 decision of Miranda v. Arizona. The Supreme Court decision prohibits
the use of a confession in court unless the individual was advised of his or her rights before
interrogation, especially the right to remain silent, the right to have an attorney by the state if
the individual cannot afford one.
Fare v. Michael C. - correct answer ✔✔defines Miranda rights of minors
Fingerprinting juveniles - correct answer ✔✔a pretrial identification procedure used with both
juveniles and adults following arrest. Police handle the fingerprinting of juveniles in a wide
variety of ways; however, there is more consistency in how they destroy the records after their
purpose have been served
Effectiveness of DARE programs - correct answer ✔✔Has beneficial effects on student
knowledge of drugs, social skills, attitudes about drug use, and attitudes toward the police, but
these effects dissipate quickly and are typically gone within on to two days.
The effects on drug-abuse behavior (measured in numerous ways) are extremely rare
The identified effects tend to be small in size and also dissipated quickly
, Kent v. U.S. - correct answer ✔✔A 1966 US Supreme Court decision on the matter of transfer;
the first decision in which the Supreme Court dealt with a juvenile court case
In re Gault - correct answer ✔✔A 1967 US Supreme Court case that brought due process and
constitutional procedures into juvenile courts
Mckeiver v. Pennyslvania - correct answer ✔✔A 1971 US Supreme Court case that denied
juvenile the right to trail by jury
Breed v. Jones - correct answer ✔✔A 1975 double jeopardy case in which the US Supreme
Court ruled that a juvenile court cannot adjudicate a case and then transfer the case to the
criminal court for adult processing of the same offense
Schall v. Martin - correct answer ✔✔Preventive "pretrial" detention of juveniles is allowable
under certain circumstances
In re Winship - correct answer ✔✔A 1970 case in which the US Supreme Court decided that
juveniles are entitled to proof beyond a reasonable doubt during adjudication proceedings
Home detention and electronic monitoring - correct answer ✔✔House arrest. This form of
detention is used in some jurisdictions, and an adjudicated juvenile remains at home under the
supervision of juvenile probation officer.
Right to bail for juveniles - correct answer ✔✔Juveniles do not have a constitutional right to
seek bail. But many juveniles are released to their parents or guardians prior to arraignment in
juvenile court. The right to counsel. In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court (in a case called In re
Gault) ruled that minors have the right to an attorney in juvenile proceedings.
Types of waiver for juveniles - correct answer ✔✔1. Prosecutorial- prosecutor decides
2. Statutory exclusion- written into law, law chooses, no judge
