In Drope v. Missouri, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Constitutional prohibition against trying a person who is ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: incompetent
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An order by a juvenile court judge putting the juvenile in the custody of a state juvenile correctional authority, or another specific juvenile correctional facility, is called a ________.
A. writ B. commitment C. consent decree D. confinement authorization E. waiver
Officer Colbert responds to a noise complaint from neighbors near a local community swimming pool. Though the pool closes at 6 PM, Officer Colbert discovers that there are three teenage boys swimming in the pool at 8 PM. There is also a hole in the fence surrounding the pool. As Officer Colbert approaches the three swimmers, he asks them to get out of the pool and produce identification. Each teenager complies, and one of them states that they entered through the open hole in the fence and were just cooling off. The officer asks dispatch to contact the community association, and it is confirmed that the hole in the fence was already there and should have been patched. The community association just wants the boys to leave the pool and stay off the property. Officer Colbert's police
department has a policy that patrol officers may use their discretion in handling juvenile complaints. Using the qualities of an officer and use of discretion, what are the options available to Officer Colbert? What will be an ideal response?
Thornberry's ________ theory contends delinquency comes from a weakening of a person's bond to conventional society
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Hope begins when a sentencing judge warns offenders enrolled in the program that any supervision violations will result in an immediate, brief jail stay
a. True b. False