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