CJ ST 241 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Rape, Truancy, Tobacco Smoking
12 Oct 2018
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CJ ST 241
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Youth & Crime Lecture 1
●Status offenses: acts that are criminalized precisely because of
the age of the offender
○Ex. truancy, running away, tobacco, alcohol use)
●Delinquent offenses: acts that are analogous to adult crimes;
violation of legal statutes
○A DUI or murder are the same no matter the age
●Mala in se: illegal by their very nature; considered violations of
natural law
○Evil in of itself (rape, kidnapping, murder) - violate all
understanding of what is right
●Mala prohibita: illegal by legislation
○Violate laws, but may not be morally evil (drinking,
reckless driving, fake ID, etc.)
●Calculus example:
○Normal for a 20 year old
○Looked at oddly for a 45 year old
○Seen as impressive at age 14
○Seen as a genius at age 8
○The value of a skill/crime/act is all relative
●Feature of delinquency
○Nearly 100% of people engage in some sort of illegal
behavior
○This deviance is generally benign and will not be
problematic
○In a sense, delinquency is normative
○Most grow out of this antisocial behavior
■But, for 5% of males this juvenile delinquency
presents a pathological criminality and with never go
away
●These are the ones society should worry about
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)elinuenc: it’s undest1nding 1nd me1suements
●Childen ee commonl belieed to be u1lit1tiel diffeent
th1n 1dults 1nd, 1ddition1ll, susceptible to sinful foll
delinuenc
○Adult esponded b m1king sm1ll cimes into c1pit1l
offenses
●B 5 positiistic f1ctos epl1ced eligiosit 1s 1 c1use of
delinuenc
○wesu1ding/beginning the Child S1es Moement
○This led to 1 eli1nce on inc1ce1tion ithin
efomeies, penitenti1ies, 1nd houses of coection
○Child s1es 1nted to emoe kids fom thei
enionments in hich the 1e not succeeding
●In the fom1lized Juenile cout 1s founded
○Signific1nt bec1use it est1blished 1 sep11te justice
sstem
○Belieed childen 1nd 1dults 1e diffeent 1nd kids should
be subject to 1 diffeent tpe of justice
■Moe hum1ne 1nd eh1bilit1tion-oiented
●Judge Juli1n M1ck Not so much to punish 1s to efom not to
deg1de but to uplift, not to cush but to deelop, not to m1ke
the delinuent into 1n offende but 1 oth citizen…
Me1suing )elinuenc
●Offici1l me1sues
○Stengths:
■Regul1ted b goenment: sstemized,og1nized,
bue1uc1tized
■Ne1l % compli1nce 1coss juisdiction
■Vene1ble 1nd est1blished
■Seemingl m1tches empiic1l e1lit of offending
■wolice c1n be epets
○We1knesses:
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Document Summary
Status offenses : acts that are criminalized precisely because of the age of the offender. Ex. truancy, running away, tobacco, alcohol use) Delinquent offenses : acts that are analogous to adult crimes; violation of legal statutes. A dui or murder are the same no matter the age. Mala in se : illegal by their very nature; considered violations of natural law. Evil in of itself (rape, kidnapping, murder) - violate all understanding of what is right. Violate laws, but may not be morally evil (drinking, reckless driving, fake id, etc. ) Looked at oddly for a 45 year old. Seen as a genius at age 8. The value of a skill/crime/act is all relative. Nearly 100% of people engage in some sort of illegal behavior. This deviance is generally benign and will not be problematic. Most grow out of this antisocial behavior. But, for 5% of males this juvenile delinquency presents a pathological criminality and with never go away.
