REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM

JUVENILE JUSTICE

• Do police have to use the Miranda warning for juveniles?
• What was the holding in Schall v. Martin
• What does the exclusionary rule mean?
• Know the age range for juvenile court jurisdiction; the ages that a juvenile can be certified; the age that a juvenile can be executed both in Texas and nationally; the ages associated with determinate sentencing
• When is a hearing required after a juvenile is detained for delinquent conduct? A CINS offense?
• Once a child is detained how soon must there be another detention hearing?
• Know the 5 issues that judges consider before detaining a child.
• Which courts in Texas may act as a juvenile court?
• Know the dispositions possible for judges in both CINS cases and delinquent conduct cases.
• What is the most common disposition?
• The Determinate Sentencing Act applies to what offenses and what is the range of punishments allowed?
• At what age is a juvenile automatically released from probation?
• What percentage of TYC releases are re-arrested after one year?
• What percentage of referrals to the juvenile probation system end up in TYC?
• What is the educational achievement level of an average TYC student? What is their IQ? Average age? Gender? Race?
• Know the proportion of females and minorities incarcerated at TYC.
• What is the average length of stay in TYC and what has been the trend in the last few years?
• What is the population trend at TYC in the last few years?
• Know the difference between the SJS classifications.
• Be able to explain the relationship between a high school student's perceptions of risk of use of drugs and actual use of drugs. Do the same with alcohol.
• Know the seven different levels of progressive sanctions

KNOW THE FOLLOWING TERMS

• Adjudication
• Delinquency
• Petition
• Preventive detention
• Determinate sentencing Act
• Delinquent conduct
• Conduct indicating a need for supervision
• Taking into custody
• Deferred prosecution
• Transfer to criminal court
• Disposition phase
• TYC re-socialization program
• Progressive Sanctions Guidelines