Juvenile Delinquency Class Flashcards

Young people who are extremely vulnerable to the negative consequences of school, substance abuse, and early sexuality.

Participation in illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a statutory age limit.

Youth who have been arrested four or more times during their minority and perpetuated a majority of serious criminal acts.

<p>The tendency for youths to reduce the frequency of their offending behavior as they age.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which juvenile offenders persist in their delinquent careers rather than aging out of crime.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The power of the state to act on behalf of the child and provide care and protection equivalent to that of a parent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A philosophical viewpoint that encourages the state to take control of wayward children and provide care, custody, and treatment to remedy delinquent behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Transferring legal jurisdiction over serious juvenile offenders to the adult court for criminal prosecution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Offenses that are illegal because the child is underaged.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Youth who violate the law because of their minority status, now referred to as status offenders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A branch of the U.S. Justice Department charged with shaping national juvenile justice policy through disbursement of federal aid and research funds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The segment of the justice system that includes law enforcement officers, the courts, and correctional agencies designed to treat youthful offenders.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compiled by the FBI, the UCR is the most widely used source of national crime and delinquency statistics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Offenses including homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, arson, and motor vehicle theft.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A survey technique that asks kids to reveal their own participation in delinquent or criminal acts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A comprehensive, nationwide survey of victimization in the USA.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Police practice of routinely searching, questioning, and detaining African American males in an area, especially after a crime has been committed involving a black suspect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The age at which youths begin their delinquent careers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The idea that chronic juvenile offenders are likely to continue violating laws as adults.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The number of people who are victims of criminal acts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Committing crime in groups or with accomplices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Holds that youths will engage in delinquent and criminal behavior after weighing the consequences and benefits of their actions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The view that people are in charge of their own destiny and are free to make personal behavior choices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The view that crime is a normal function of the routine activities of modern living.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Violent crimes against people, and crimes in which an offender attempts to steal an object directly from its holder.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Crime control policies that depend on the fear of criminal penalties.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sending convicted offenders to secure incarceration facilities to convince offenders not to repeat their criminal activity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A crime prevention technique that makes it more difficult for a would-be delinquent to carry out the illegal act.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Delinquency spreads when kids copy the behavior of peers and siblings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A branch of psychology that holds that the human personality is controlled by unconscious mental processes developed early in childhood.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Youths whose troubled family life leads them to immediate gratification without consideration of right and wrong.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Capital felonies</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Victimless crime</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Helps maintain order</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Error, schooled you, reeducated you, brought you back, and still care for them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Isolate them and do not care to reintegrate them.</p> Signup and view all the answers