DOERNER CH 8 HOW DOES ONE CONSTRUCT AN ARREST RATE 1 divides the number of persons arrested who possess a trait by the number of people in the population who possess that trait multiplied by a constant allows us to computer rates by race gender and age HOW DO FLORIDA JUVENILE ARREST RATES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES COMPARE WITHN NATIONAL FIGURES they surpass the national norm for all types of violent crimes rape murder aggravated assault ADULT FIGURES 2008 ADULT FIGURES TIONAL FIGURES tional average HOW DO FLORIDA JUVENILE ARREST RATES FOR VIOLENT CRIMES COMPARE WITH for the most part juveniles are higher than adults except when they overlapped for murder in 2006 and HOW DO FLORIDA JUVENILE ARREST RATES FOR PROPERTY CRIMES COMPARE WITH they are all much greater in all aspects especially dealing with burglary and larceny HOW DOES THE MIX OF JUVENILE ARREST CHARGES IN FLORIDA COMPARE WITH NA almost 30 of Florida Juvenile arrests are for serious property crimes compared with 22 for the na serious crimes constitute 36 1 of all juvenile crimes compared to a 26 national average EXPLAIN WHAT A JUVENILE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM IS the investigating officer can bypass the JAC juvevile assessment center and handle the case in an informal alternate fashion CCP civil citation program 7 WHAT CONDITIONS MUST A JUVENILE MEET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM must be a misdemeanor or local ordiance violation they admit to being responsible no prior arrest his tory does not have prior civil citation must be a local resident 2 3 4 5 6 it spares the juvenile the stigma of having a delinquent history LIST SOME REASONS WHY PEOPLE SUPPORT A JUVENILE CIVIL CITATION PROGRAM 8 keeps first time offenders from entering the system and being exposed criminals delivers social services to youth who benefit more from counseling than from a formal handling CCP represents a more fiscally responsible alternative to formal processing WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF INTAKE 9 begins after the law enforcement officer completes referral tasks ad turns custody of the juvenile over the purpose of intake is to determine whether the juvenile should reamin in custody prior to the hearing to the FDJJ personnel at JAC which must take place within 24 hours WHAT IS A DETENTION RISK ASSESSMENT INVENTORY AND WHAT IS IT USED FOR 10 determines whether the child is a high risk candidate screening tool that rates the minors propensity to commit another offense in the near future and or not DRAI show up to their scheduled court hearing asses the juveniles risk status in this assessment information on the seriousness of the current offense prior record especially in cluding firearms and history of neglect and abuse a high score means that they are considered a high rrisk and will remain in secure detention until the case is resolved is similar to the first appearance in adult court WHAT TAKES PLACE AT THE DETENTION HEARING 11 first the court judge examines the officers matierals and evaluates whether there is probable cause next the judge will advise the minor about these charges and right to attorney judge must decide to detain or release juvenile 12 WHAT OUTCOMES ACCOMPANY THE DELINQUENCY PETITION this is a petition that list the charges being filed and probable cause for each charge the next step is an arraignment hearing with 48 hours 13 WHAT IS EXPUNCTION OR EXPUNGEMENT means the juveniles record is closed after completion of the program that they were given as an infor mal ruling given by the judge this avoids an arrest record 14 similar to the adult court this is the point where the court reviews charges and advises the child of WHAT HAPPENS AT ARRAIGNMENT their rights and asks them to enter a plea guilty non guilty nolo contendere if the plea is guilty then a adjudicatory hearing is scheduled WHAT IS THE GOAL BEHIND WAIVER 15 means a transfer and the court sends the juvenile over to an adult court for processing WHAT DOES ONCE AN ADUT AWAYS AND ADULT MEAN IF they were waived to adult court is the juvenile commits another crime the charges will be handled in 16 adult court an adult court ATION WHAT ARE THE THREE TYPES OF WAIVERS 17 voluntary waiver childs parent guardian asks the court to transfer case to adult system invluntary discretionary waiver desrices when the SAO asks the juvenile court to remand the youth to involuntary mandatory waiver must be 14 years old at time of crime must have a prior violent felony 18 WHAT VARIABLES MUST A JUDGE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT DURING A WAIVER CONSIDER seriousness of offense was it aggresively premediated was it against a person was there probable cause in the officers affidavit previous criminal history WHAT IS A DIRECT FILE 19 means that the state bypasses the juvenile court and has the case tried in adult court 1 discretionary direct file 14 y o and is charged with a serious felony 2 mandatory direct file 16 or 17 and prior serious felony conviction uses a firearm in the commission of a forcible felony WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE ADJUDICATORY HEARING for those who remain in the juvenile justice system 20 must take place within 90 days of arrest if not delinquent they dismiss the case and release child if delinquent case moves to the dispositional phase and will state if they should be release or stay in secure detention perform adjudication WHAT HAPPENS AT THE DISPOSITION HEARING 21 During a disposition hearing the judge will determine the type of sentencing or legal consequences that are appropriate to the juvenile offender s crime Basically the disposition hearing is the equivalent of the sentencing portion of an adult criminal case WHAT ARE THE FIVE LEVELS OF RESTRICTIONS AVAILABLE JUVENILE COURT JUDGES AT SEN typical minumum risk nonresidential program child stays at home and participates in community based TECNING services low risk residential program removes child from home moves them to nonsecure residential facility moderate risk residential commitment poses some risk to community if left unsecure they re are put on a 24 hour watch but can leave for school but must return to the supervised location high risk residential facility much more secure cannot leave compound considered major threat to soci maximum risk residential program known as juvenile prisons held for longer periods and supervision is ety much more secure WHAT DOES THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE DO 22 FDJJ Administers serives to children statewide prevention residential detention probabtion administration wanna turn
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