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Criminal Justice
Undergraduate 4
02/20/2014

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Term
Delinquent Offense
Definition
Juvenile act for youth only, if committed by an adult it becomes a crime.
Term
Status Offense
Definition
Act not a crime if committed by an adult.
Term
Dependency Cases
Definition
Child Abuse Cases
Family Court
Neglect
Term
What is the most common crime committed by youth and least common?
Definition
Property Crime
Term
Uniform Crime Report
Definition
Only reports crime committed most
Term
National Crime Victimization Survey
Definition
Rape, Assault, etc
Term
NIBRS
Definition
more crimes reported on report
Term
What does the data suggest about status offenses - increasing or decreasing? What is the most common type of status offense youth are arrested – petitioned for?
Definition
Decreasing & Truancy
Term
What is meant by parens patriae? Where is this concept derived from? What was the main concern and why were legal rule ignored?
Definition
Used to justify states intervention in the lives of feudal lords and their children. Placed juveniles btw civil and criminal systems.
Term
Social control mechanisms – Bridewells/workhouses – what were they and who were held in these institutions?
Definition
Bridewells; control youthful beggars and vagrants. Goal was to earn their keep and reform them by compulsatory work and discipline.
Term
Why and how did industrialization create problems for families? What happened to youth in this time period?
Definition
Increased child labor, decreased family unity, increased urbanization.
Term
What did society believed “caused” delinquency?
Definition
Poor parenting and poverty.
Term
Why was the “Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in New York City” created?
Definition
Establish a reformatory
Term
Approximately how many people immigrated to the U.S. between 1815 and 1860?
Definition
5 million
Term
What countries did they originate – approximately what % were foreign born?
Definition
Italy, Germany, Ireland
Term
Orphans were viewed as the 1st ___________________________; urban homelessness
They called this process placing _______________.
Definition
1) Foster Kids
2) Placing Out
Term
Approximately how many children were “discarded” to the streets
Definition
100,000
Term
The children were often viewed as little _____________________; put to work for _____________ hours per day and paid ___________ per hour.
Definition
1) adults
2) 10-12
3) 3 cents
Term
What two organizations created the orphan trains?
Definition
NY Childs Aide Society
NY Foundling Hospital
Term
Who is Charles Loring Brace – what was his role in orphan trains?
Definition
The leader
Term
What did he mean by “gemmules”?
Definition
Potential bad kids put in the wrong environment they will show off their evil/bad "ness"
Term
Why didn’t these kids adjust life on the farm?
Definition
Bc they were from the city and didn't know.
Term
Who ran the Catholic orphan trains – why was it necessary for them?
Definition
Catholic church-Foundling Hospital (Mercy Trains)
You cant intermix religions
Term
What brought the trains to an end?
Definition
Bureaucracy
Visual Media
Kids Brutality Treated
Fear of Anarchy
Term
The orphan trains can be viewed as the forerunner to what today?
Definition
Wilderness camps
Term
As a result of an increase in factories related to the industrial revolution family bonds strengthened.
Definition
False
Term
During the late 20th century and into present times, many states have or are in the process of creating
vagrancy laws, however, they appear to have a different purpose than the original vagrancy laws.
Definition
True
Term
Which of the following is an example of a status offense:
Definition
Runaway
Term
Overall, juvenile violent crime is:
Definition
Decreased
Term
It appears that overall, juvenile property offenses might be:
Definition
Decreasing
Term
What statement or statements is true regarding the UCR:
Definition
It is based only on crime reported to the police
Term
Which of the statement or statements is true regarding the NCVS:
Definition
It provides a more in depth picture of the relationship between the victim and offender
Term
Which of the following is a drawback of information obtained by self-report surveys
Definition
The respondents may not be truthful, therefore, the information may not be accurate
Term
During the Common Law which age group was not legally held responsible for their actions:
Definition
Children from birth to 7 years of age
Term
Based on this particular concept, the state could act as the parent and remove a child from his/her home:
Definition
Parens Patriae
Term
Which of the following is a characteristic of bridewells:
Definition
Youthful offenders were held with adult offenders
Term
Which statement best describes the manner in which youth were treated prior to the 19th century:
Definition
Courts and prisons did not distinguish between youth and adults
Term
During the Child Saving Movement, children were frequently placed ____________________.
Definition
On Orphan Trains
Term
child savers?
Definition
expounded the protestant work ethic, were primarily philanthropic and supported the rehabilitation model. Child Savors had little interest in the law or legal issues.
Term
Eloise Thomsen's role
Definition
organized reunions, clearing houses, and created a registrar..Nebraska
Term
Vagrancy laws
Definition
get them off the street and into houses.
Term
Reason for taking in orphons
Definition
they got money from the gov't
Term
what arguments did the chief of police put forth in order to garner support for orphan train?
Definition
kids were little criminals causing crime on the streets.
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