HDC Unit 2 Flashcards

Front

What is the guiding principle and primary focus of juvenile courts?

Back

Best Interest of the Child

Front

Which model of the criminal justice system emphasizes aggressive crime suppression and control?

Back

Crime Control Model

Front

What is the process of moving residents of institutions, such as state hospitals, into the community called?

Back

Deinstitutionalization

Front

Doctrine of Proportionality

Back

The punishment should fit the crime rather than being too lenient or too harsh.

Front

Which model of the criminal justice system emphasizes protecting civil liberties?

Back

Due Process Model

Front

What are factors that exist outside of the law or that are contrary to the law called?

Back

Extralegal Factors

Front

What is the removal of a person from the criminal justice system or the juvenile justice system such that they do not have a criminal conviction and criminal record called?

Back

Deinstitutionalization

Front

What did the Juvenile Court Act of 1899 establish?

Back

America's first Juvenile Court in Chicago.

Front

What are violations of law committed by juveniles called?

Back

Juvenile Delinquency

Front

What was the aim of the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act of 1968?

Back

To create community-level responses to juvenile delinquency.