Section 2 Vocab

The guiding principle and primary focus of juvenile courts

• Best Interest of the Child

• Doctrine of Proportionality

• Juvenile Court Act of 1899

• Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act of 1968

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

• Doctrine of Proportionality

• Waiver

• Parens Patriae

• Moot

An Illinois law that established America's first Juvenile Court in Chicago.

• Juvenile Court Act of 1899

• Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act of 1968

• Civil Rights Revolution

• Parens Patriae

A Latin legal phrase referring to the power of the government to provide guardianship of those (especially children) in need of care or supervision.

• Parens Patriae

• Pro Bono

• Moot

• Ad Nauseum

Violations of law committed by juveniles

• Juvenile Delinquency

• Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act of 1968

• Parens Patriae

• Parole Board

A federal law aimed at creating community– level responses to juvenile delinquency.

• Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act of 1968

• Juvenile Court Act of 1899

• Parens Patriae

• Waiver

A panel of people that decide whether a prisoner should be released on parole after a minimum sentence has been served.

• Parole Board

• Moot

• Parens Patriae

• Doctrine of Proportionality

An evidentiary standard in civil cases where the party to a case with the most compelling (convincing) evidence wins.

• Preponderance of the Evidence

• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

• Moot

• Right to Counsel

The transfer of a juvenile to adult court, denying the juvenile the special treatment afforded by the juvenile court.

• Waiver

• Moot

• Civil Rights Revolution

• Fourth Amendment

Judicial decisions based on personal political beliefs rather than existing law.

• Judicial Activism

• Judicial Restraint

• Judicial Modesty

• Judical Difference