What is a Dispositional Hearing?

What will be an ideal response?


The final stage in the processing of adjudicated juveniles in which a decision is made on the form of treatment or penalty that should be imposed on the child.

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Any selection procedure that is based on race, sex, or ethnic group is considered to be discriminatory.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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According to the text, outpatient ______ is more common than outpatient ______.

A. evaluation; treatment B. therapy; medication C. hospitalization; sentencing D. referrals; assessments

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Nancy Rodriguez found that youths who participated in a restorative justice program were less likely to ________ than juveniles in a comparison group

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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At the end of the nineteenth century, the popularity of the classical approach began to decline as _____ criminologists focused their attention on internal and external factors, such as poverty, IQ, and education, rather than personal choice and decision making

a. positivist b. ecological c. classical d. interactionist

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