Quiz #1 Flashcards
(29 cards)
What is “Delinquency?
1)
and
2)
1) Traditional Crime
and
2) status offenses (truancy, drinking, etc.).
Status offenses are illegal because of your ____
age
The juvenile system focuses on softer language to reduce _________
labeling
Which two philosophies are focused on in juvenile justice?
Punishment
and
rehabilitation
Juvenile Courts are closed court
true or false
true
The juvenile system gets more _____ and more ______ as we move through it
male; black
The first juvenile court was when, where, and after what statute?
1899
Cook county illinois (chicago
Juvenile court act
What group or organization led to the development of the first juvenile court
The Child Savers
who were the child savers?
Middle/upper class white protestant women
Didnt like the rising crime
Concerned youths’ involvement in adult courts/jails was harmful
Youth too susceptible to influence
Worried the condition of youths confinement inadequate
Believed kids committed crimes because they had weak morals and parents who weren’t great at parenting
Believed government should do more to reduce juvi crime
Who were the Society for the prevention of pauperism?
A group made up of white, upper class americans who wanted to help wayward youth (criminals, runaways, those who dont listen to parents)
what was the organization called that:
- originated in new York
- year 1825
- separate facilities for kids
- by 1867, 17 locations were made across the country
HOR - House of Refuge
What did the work of the society for the prevention of pauperism lead to? What organization in 1825?
HOR - House of Refuge
HOR developed to ______ wayward youth and to keep them out of the _______ system
reform;
adult
as poverty increases, what is it’s relationship to crime?
crime increase
As Crime increases, what is it’s relationship to punishments?
Punishments become more punitive (severe)
How we treat kids is correlated or related to our views of _______ and what a ______ role is in society
childhood;
child’s
Once mortality rates lowered, this led to children being seen as more:
relational, less material
During the 80s and 90s, the term ___________ was used to describe high risk, high offending youth
Superpredators
the language, the vocabulary of the 80s and 90s was used to ____________ kids
criminalize, dehumanize
What were the legislative changes due to the 80/90s “superpredator” movement?
harsher and longer sentences for kids
were the policies listed below during the 80s/90s effective? did we need them?
Sentencing changes:
Mando minimum for juvi
Determinate sentencing
Allowed younger kids to be treated as adults
Allowed those who committed nonviolent/drug crimes to be treated as adults
California’s three strike laws
Juvi felonies counted toward the 3 strikes
Juvi justice did have more rehab focus than adults, but most money went punitive—prevailing belief was individual responsibility
Opened juvi courts to public
Youth, in some states, gave DNA samples at bookings
Juvis can be placed on sex registry
NO THEY WAS NEVER A WAVE OF SUPERPREDATORS
During the superpredator movement, what happened to the juvi system?
adultification
in the 2000s. what happened?
Swung back to rehab and less punitive measures in the 2000s
reasons for the pendulum swing to rehab in the 2000s:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Reasons:
1) wanted to spend less money
2) shift to public opinion,
3) crime lowered,
4) used evidence based research
