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What are some factors that influence the decision of law enforcement when dealing with youthful offenders?
What are some factors that influence the decision of law enforcement when dealing with youthful offenders?
- The offender's age and gender
- The offender's race and ethnicity
- The offender's profile, officer's perspective, and available community alternatives (correct)
- The offender's socioeconomic status
What is delinquency adjudication?
What is delinquency adjudication?
- The process of sentencing youthful offenders to life imprisonment
- The process of assigning probation officers to the juvenile (correct)
- The process of transferring youthful offenders to adult criminal courts
- The process of releasing youthful offenders without any consequences
How can incarceration facilities decrease recidivism?
How can incarceration facilities decrease recidivism?
- By providing harsher punishments to youthful offenders
- By providing treatment services and quality education programs (correct)
- By placing youthful offenders in solitary confinement
- By transferring youthful offenders to adult criminal courts
What is the impact of incarceration on adolescents' development and functioning?
What is the impact of incarceration on adolescents' development and functioning?
Which youthful offenders are more likely to be involved with adult criminal courts?
Which youthful offenders are more likely to be involved with adult criminal courts?
What is the impact of solitary confinement on youthful offenders?
What is the impact of solitary confinement on youthful offenders?
What is the risk of suicide in detention and incarceration facilities?
What is the risk of suicide in detention and incarceration facilities?
What is the potential violation of youthful offenders' rights in transfers to criminal court?
What is the potential violation of youthful offenders' rights in transfers to criminal court?
What is the recidivism rate of adult imprisonment?
What is the recidivism rate of adult imprisonment?
What is the potential impact of adult imprisonment on successful reentry into communities?
What is the potential impact of adult imprisonment on successful reentry into communities?
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Study Notes
- Law enforcement has various options for dealing with youthful offenders.
- Factors that influence the decision include profile, officer's perspective, and available community alternatives.
- Delinquency adjudication assigns probation officers and ongoing supervision to the juvenile.
- Incarceration facilities that provide treatment services and quality education programs can decrease recidivism.
- Incarceration has a harmful impact on adolescents' development and functioning.
- Youthful offenders who start offending behavior early and continue through later teen years are more likely to be involved with adult criminal courts.
- Solitary confinement has a debilitating and permanent harmful impact on youthful offenders.
- Suicide risk increases in detention and incarceration facilities.
- Transfers to criminal court may violate youthful offenders' rights to due process.
- Adult imprisonment has high recidivism rates and poses significant barriers to successful reentry into communities.
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