Juvenile Delinquency Exam 3
questions and answers graded A+
This is the percentage of cases that are transferred to adult court - ANS ✔1%
DMC stands for - ANS ✔Disproportionate minority contact
This is often used by prosecutors as a plea bargaining tool - ANS ✔Transferring to adult court
This is a local example of a diversion program - ANS ✔Street Laws
If a juvenile is tried in adult court for a serious crime and subsequently commits a pety offense,
this is where they will be tried - ANS ✔Adult court. "Once and adult always and adult"
Failures to appear have been reduced in Norfolk due to this strategy - ANS ✔Call parents and
families and remind them
This group is also also referred to as CHINS or PINS - ANS ✔Status offenders
This person advocated for youth in juvenile court, generally abuse and neglect cases - ANS
✔Guardian ad lidem
This philosophy says that juveniles should not be put in secure confinement if an appropriate
community based program is available - ANS ✔Police Detrimental Alternative
This technology is used in Nofo - ANS ✔GSP tracking
, Responsibilities include processing juveniles at intake, securing funding for treatment,
supervising kids, and recommending disposition - ANS ✔Probation officers
This person is similar to a magistrate in adult criminal court - ANS ✔In take officer
The length of this type of sentence is determined by judge - ANS ✔Determinate sentence
Every juveniles committed to DJJ spends 4-6 weeks here first - ANS ✔Reception and diagnostic
center
This term refers to the practice of having offenders reimburse victims for their crimes - ANS
✔Restitution
Overcrowding, recidivism, exorbitant cost, and other long term negative effects are a result of
this - ANS ✔Prechild attention
These people arguable have the highest level of involvement with court involved youth - ANS
✔Probation officer
This is the primary goal of JDAI - ANS ✔Locking up right kids for the right amount of time
Some cases are automatically transferred to the adult court in a process known as this - ANS
✔Statutory exclusion
When the prosecutor has the discretion to try cases in either juvenile or adult courts - ANS
✔Concurrent jurisdiction
questions and answers graded A+
This is the percentage of cases that are transferred to adult court - ANS ✔1%
DMC stands for - ANS ✔Disproportionate minority contact
This is often used by prosecutors as a plea bargaining tool - ANS ✔Transferring to adult court
This is a local example of a diversion program - ANS ✔Street Laws
If a juvenile is tried in adult court for a serious crime and subsequently commits a pety offense,
this is where they will be tried - ANS ✔Adult court. "Once and adult always and adult"
Failures to appear have been reduced in Norfolk due to this strategy - ANS ✔Call parents and
families and remind them
This group is also also referred to as CHINS or PINS - ANS ✔Status offenders
This person advocated for youth in juvenile court, generally abuse and neglect cases - ANS
✔Guardian ad lidem
This philosophy says that juveniles should not be put in secure confinement if an appropriate
community based program is available - ANS ✔Police Detrimental Alternative
This technology is used in Nofo - ANS ✔GSP tracking
, Responsibilities include processing juveniles at intake, securing funding for treatment,
supervising kids, and recommending disposition - ANS ✔Probation officers
This person is similar to a magistrate in adult criminal court - ANS ✔In take officer
The length of this type of sentence is determined by judge - ANS ✔Determinate sentence
Every juveniles committed to DJJ spends 4-6 weeks here first - ANS ✔Reception and diagnostic
center
This term refers to the practice of having offenders reimburse victims for their crimes - ANS
✔Restitution
Overcrowding, recidivism, exorbitant cost, and other long term negative effects are a result of
this - ANS ✔Prechild attention
These people arguable have the highest level of involvement with court involved youth - ANS
✔Probation officer
This is the primary goal of JDAI - ANS ✔Locking up right kids for the right amount of time
Some cases are automatically transferred to the adult court in a process known as this - ANS
✔Statutory exclusion
When the prosecutor has the discretion to try cases in either juvenile or adult courts - ANS
✔Concurrent jurisdiction
