Juvenile Justice and Criminal Blending: Cases, Definitions, and Legal Processes, Quizzes of Criminal procedure

Download Juvenile Justice and Criminal Blending: Cases, Definitions, and Legal Processes and more Quizzes Criminal procedure in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Christian Fernandez DEFINITION 1 FLORIDA13 year oldcharged as adult for killing 2 year old brothersexual abuse of 1/2 brother TERM 2 affirmative defeneses for juveniles DEFINITION 2 infancyinsanity TERM 3 Sentencing DEFINITION 3 determinate=adultindeterminate=juvenile TERM 4 Nathaniel Abraham DEFINITION 4 MICHIGAN-11 year old charged with murder-prosecuted and convicted as an adult(jury)-sentenced as a juvenile-released in 2007(21 years old)-later arrested for possession/selling of drugsEXAMPLE OF CRIMINAL BLENDING TERM 5 Cody Posey DEFINITION 5 NEW MEXICO-14 years old-killed father, step mother & step sister-incest from step mom-tried as adult, punished as juvenile TERM 6 Criminal Blending DEFINITION 6 tried as an adult, sentenced as a juvenile TERM 7 voluntary manslaughter DEFINITION 7 -heat of passion/lots of emotions involved-lack of cooling off period TERM 8 Lionel Tate DEFINITION 8 12 year old-convicted of felony murder/aggrevated assault for crushing a girls skull-sentenced to life in prison w/o parole(longest sentence in history of juvenile)-conviction overturned and released-robbery>sent back to jail TERM 9 felony murder DEFINITION 9 convicted felony before the murder TERM 10 How we view juveniles differently than adults DEFINITION 10 -immaturity-vulnerability-amenable to treatment TERM 21 3 Judicial options DEFINITION 21 1. discretionary waiver2. mandatory waiver3. presumptive waiver TERM 22 mandatory waiver DEFINITION 22 juvenile court must hold a preliminary hearing to determine probable cause-age-felony-previous criminal history-probable cause hearing TERM 23 presumptive waiver DEFINITION 23 the court intially presumes that the juvenile should be evaluated in adult court-waiver hearing-age-violent offense- minor has burden of proof TERM 24 direct file DEFINITION 24 no hearing/judgesprosecutorial option-age-offense TERM 25 statutory exclusion DEFINITION 25 legislative decision to exclude a juvenile automatically based on age & offense TERM 26 reverse waiver DEFINITION 26 if juvenile is tried as an adult, a hearing can be held to reverse that decisionPROTECTION FOR THE JUVENILE TERM 27 once an adult always an adult DEFINITION 27 once an adult has been deemed an adult in that state the juvenile will continue to be considered an adult in criminal matters TERM 28 juvenile blending DEFINITION 28 tried as a juvenile, sentenced as an adult TERM 29 How is delinquency measured? DEFINITION 29 -Uniform Crime Report-Self report data-victimization reports- juvenile court statistics-cohort studies TERM 30 UCR DEFINITION 30 -underestimates crime-violent and property offenses-police manipulation TERM 31 self report DEFINITION 31 measures the "dark figure" of crime TERM 32 Colonial period DEFINITION 32 juveniles treated same as adults with crime for official crimeother crimes were dealt with within the family TERM 33 The Houses of Refuge Period DEFINITION 33 Senate steps in to protect children from thier families and from a life of crime TERM 34 juvenile court period DEFINITION 34 the government as parent TERM 35 juvenile rights period DEFINITION 35 Supreme Court grants that juveniles given the right to an attorney and other privledges previously given to adults