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CMJS chapter 13
CMJS Chapter 13 Nalley
Term | Definition |
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Juvenile | A youth at or below the upper age of juvenile court jurisdiction in a particular state. |
Juvenile justice system | The government agencies that function to investigate, supervise, adjudicate, care for, or confine youthful offenders |
Delinquency | Juvenile actions or conduct in violation of criminal law. |
Parens Patriae | A common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody of a child when he or she becomes delinquent,abandoned. |
Juvenile Court | Any court that has jurisdiction over matters involving juveniles. |
Delinquent child | A child who has engaged in activity that would be considered a crime if the child were an adult. |
Undisciplined child | A child who is beyond parental control, as evidenced by his or her refusal to obey legitimate authorities. |
Dependent child | A child who has no parents or whose parents are not available or unable to care for him or her. |
Neglected child | A child who is not receiving the proper level of physical or psychological care from his or her parents. |
Abused child | A child who has been physically, emotionally, or sexually abused |
Status offender | A child who commits an act that is contrary to the law by virtue of the offender's status as a child. |
Status offense | An act or conduct that is declared by statute to be an offense, but only when committed by or engaged by a juvenile. |
Juvenile petition | A document filed in juvenile court alleging that a juvenile is delinquent, a status offender, or dependent and asking that the court assume jurisdiction over the juvenile. |
Intake | The first step in decision making regarding a juvenile whose behavior or alleged behavior is in violation of the law. |
Adjudicatory hearing | The fact-finding process wherein the juvenile court determines whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the allegations in a petition. |
Teen Court | AN alternative approach to juvenile justice in which alleged offenders are judged and sentenced by a jury of their peers. |
Dispositional hearing | The final stage in the processing of adjudicated juvenile in which a decision is made on the form of treatment or penalty that should be imposed on the child. |
Juvenile Disposition | The decision of a juvenile court that concludes a disposition hearing. |
Blended sentence | A juvenile court disposition that imposes both a juvenile sanction and an adult criminal sentence on an adjudicated delinquent. |