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CASE 4.2 The nature of the juvenile court process remained unchanged until the 1960s. When the Warren Court began to scrutinize procedures in adult criminal courts, its attention turned also to juvenile courts. In a groundbreaking decision, the Supreme Court held in In re Gault (1967) that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applied to juvenile court proceedings. The court emphasized that “under our Constitution the condition of being a boy does not justify a kangaroo court Gault and subsequent cases signaled that the juvenile court must become a real court and its procedures must be regularized in accordance with:

Which of the following is a characteristic of the crime control model of criminal justice?

As written by the framers of the U.S. Constitution more than 200 years ago, the right to counsel meant only that a judge could not prevent a defendant from bringing a lawyer to court. Thus, it affected only those who could afford to hire their own lawyers.

Historically, police officers made an arrest only as a last resort in which crime?

Roughly __________ of all violent crimes are committed by relatives, friends, or acquaintances of the victim.

Which Amendment states: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation”?

Roughly __________ percent of all state prosecutors fall into the category of being “junior” enough to exhibit young prosecutors’ syndrome.

Felony defendants are most likely to be:

The absence of jury trials in juvenile court reinforces what about the proceedings?

Most members of the courtroom work group are essentially part of what class?