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gives the state the right and responsibility to take control over children from the natural parents when they weren't able to keep up with their responsibilities. |
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California's minimum age for juvenile to be transferred to criminal court is?? |
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A "group home" in London constructed in 1758 to rescue vagrant girls from almost certain lives of prostitution. |
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"Administrative" depending on the crime and the age limit. |
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This was the view that delinquents had emotional problems that required psychiatric treatment and that their acting out behavior was sympomatic of those problems. |
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a newly popularized view that acting out behavior was symptomatic, not of emotional problems, but of a dysfunctional family and of family pain. |
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a belief that if a juvenile is labeled delinquent long enough by those who shape his or her self-image, he or she eventually will accept and internalize the negative view and become delinquent. |
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This bill basically deinstitutionalized status offenders, stating that curfew violaters will not be detained with 602 offenders. |
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Minor offenders/status offenders (curfew, turancy, runaway) |
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Misdemeanor/theory offenders requiring detention on a secure facility for a definitive term. |
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Aftercare and parole are interchangeable terms referring to the conditional release of a juvenile from a correctional institution. |
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The act of adjudging; judicial decision; |
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legal documentation submitted to juvenile court containing the allegation/s; in adult court, the complaint. |
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Release the minor, Divert the minor to a program, Cite and release the minor, and deliver the minor to juvenile hall. |
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A youth who has been charged with or adjudicated for a status offense, which is conduct declared by statute to be a crime for children but which would not be a crime if committed by an adult under the law of the jurisdiction where the offense was committed. |
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Strict liability crimes are those in which the defendant is held liable for a criminal offense he committed, even if mens rea is absent. Though the defendant did not intend any harm by his actions and was completely unaware that he was committing an illegal act, the doctrine of strict liability holds him liable for the criminal offenses committed. |
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What was the purpose of the poor law? |
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The Poor Law Act was established in 1601. There was an amendment to that act in 1834.
The Amendment stated that
(a) no able-bodied person was to receive money or other help from the Poor Law authorities except in a workhouse;
(b) conditions in workhouses were to be made very harsh to discourage people from wanting to receive help;
(c) workhouses were to be built in every parish or, if parishes were too small, in unions of parishes;
(d) ratepayers in each parish or union had to elect a Board of Guardians to supervise the workhouse, to collect the Poor Rate and to send reports to the Central Poor Law Commission;
(e) the three man Central Poor Law Commission would be appointed by the government and would be responsible for supervising the Amendment Act throughout the country.
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_Poor_law_of_1834#ixzz1ZsLb9dIE
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juvenile may be held for up to 12 hours for investigation on warrants and up to 24 hours to return the minor to his or her parents.
They also have up to 72 hours to return the minor if he or she is out of state. |
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cannot be housed with adults and should not be detained at a police station no longer than 6 hours. The minor must be 14 years or older in order to be held in a secure detention center. |
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| The Miranda warning (often abbreviated to "Miranda") is the name of the formal warning that is required to be given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial situation) before they are interrogated, in accordance with the Miranda ruling. Its purpose is to ensure the accused is aware of, and reminded of, these rights under the U.S. Constitution, and that they know they can invoke them at any time during the interview. |
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Law mandates that Poice officers allow detained juveniles to do what?? |
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be able to call his or her parent(s). |
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Who should be allowed to do searches at school administrative or the police?? |
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Depending on the case. If it's more school related then the administration can but if any serious crimes are involved, the police can. |
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Age of Enlightenment. When?? Where?? |
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was an elite cultural movement of intellectuals in 18th century Europe that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge.
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Juvenlie Court. When?? Where?? |
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The juvenile court system was established in the United States about two hundred years ago, with the first court appearing in Illinois in 1899. Prior to that time, children and youth were seen as miniature adults and were tried and punished as adults. |
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