REVIEWER CRIMINILOGY 5

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY MINORITY

POINTERS TO REVIEW - a child in conflict with the law shall

enjoy.

DISCERNMENT
BAIL
- a child above 15y/o but below 18y/o
- given for the release of the custody. shall likewise be exempted criminal liability,
BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD unless he acted with _____________

- totality of the circumstances and 24 HOURS

conditions which are most congenial to the - filling of the information in any
survival. appropriate court may file a case in a summary
CHILD AT RISK proceeding, which shall decide the case within
_____ hours from receipt.
- child who is vulnerable.
45 DAYS
COMMUNITY-BSED PROGRAMS
- diversion proceedings shall be
- programs provided in a community. completed within __________
DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY NUCLEAR FAMILY
- form of detention or imprisonment. - traditional type of family structure,
consist of two parents and children on his own.
DIVERSION
SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY
- alternative, child-appropriate process.
- consist of one parent raising one or
DIVERSION PROGRAM
more children on his own.
- program that the child in conflict.
EXTENDED FAMILY
INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE CHILD
- consist of two or more adults who are
- apprehension or taking into custody. related.

INTERVENSION CHILDLESS FAMILY

- series of activities which are designed to - couples who either cannot or choose not
address issues that caused the child to commit an to have children.
offense.
STEP or BLENDED FAMILY
JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFAFE SYSTEM
- where marriages end in divorce.
- system dealing with children at risk and
GRAND-PARENT FAMILY
children in conflict with the law.
- grandparents are the one raising their
RECOGNIZANCE
grandchildren.
- undertaking in lieu of a bond assumed
GENERAL DETERRENCE
by a parent or custodian.
- punishment of delinquents and criminal
STATUS OFFENSE
offenders.
- offenses which discriminate only against
SPECIFIC DETERRENCE
a child.
- punishment that will strike fear in the
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
hearts of wrongdoers.
- principle which requires a process of
RETRIBUTION
resolving conflicts with the maximum
involvement of the victim, offender and the - reason objects the idea that anything
community. good useful will follow.
YOUTH REHABILITATION CENTER INCAPACITATION
- 24-hour residential care facility - simplest form of jurisdiction.
managed by the DSWD.
DETERMINISM
VICTIMLESS CRIME
- every act has a cause.
- offenses where there is no private
offended party. DELINQUENCY
 - action, do not conform to the accepted SOCIOPATHIC DELINQUENTS
rules, norms or mores.
- these youths are characterized by
egocentric personality.

DELINQUENT

- one who repeatedly commits an act OVER INHIBITED

against the norms.
- group secretly trained to do illegal
JUVENILE activities.

- young people who are regarded SOCIALIZED DELINQUENCY

immature.
- membership in fraternities or groups
PSYCHIATRIC DELINQUENTS that advocates bad things.

- persons who become delinquent due to UNSOCIALIZED DELINQUENCY

mental illness.
- rejected or abandoned, no parents.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
DEMONOLOGICAL THEORY
- to describe a large number of
disapproved behavior of children. - based on the belief of primitive people
that every object and person is guided by a spirit.
COVERT PATHWAY
CLASSICAL THEORY
- begins with minor, underhanded
behavior that leads to property damage. - based on the assumption that people are
rational.
AUTHORITY CONFLICT PATHWAY
CRITICAL THEORY
- begins at early age with stubborn
behavior. - theory is much more significant in
criminological analysis.
PSYCHOTIC DELINQUENTS
POSITIVIST THEORY
- youths with severe personality
disorders. - theory that believed that the causes of
juvenile delinquency could be identified through
NON-UTILITARIAN the application.

- vandalistic attitude like graffiti. HEDONISM

CONFLAGRATION - doctrine that pleasure is the highest

good.
- stage of delinquency at around 15.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
EMERGENCE
- positivists believed that the causes of
- stage of delinquency where the child juvenile delinquency could be identified.
begins with petty larceny between 8-12.
EMOTIONALLY MALAJUSTED DELINQUENTS
EXPLORATION
- delinquents are the chronic law-
- stage of delinquency where he then may breakers who make breaking of laws a habit they
move on to shoplifting and vandalism between 12- cannot avoid.
14.
OCCATIONAL DELINQUENTS
TRUANCY
- they are “pro-social”
- pattern of repeated or habitual
unauthorized absences from school by any OVERT PATHWAY
juvenile.
- pathway to delinquency where escalates
REPEATED DISGARDING OR MISUSES OF to aggressive acts.
LAWFUL PARENTAL AUTHORITY.
TEAM MODEL
- repeated disobedient behavior.
- father is the head, mother is the chief.
NEUROTIC DELINQUENTS
BOARDING SCHOOL MODEL
- youth become delinquents as a result of
distortions in their personality. - father is the rector, mother is the dorm
counselor.
SOCIALIZED DELINQUENTS
MILITARY MODEL
- delinquent as a result of their social
association. - father is the general, mother is the guard
duty.
CORPORATE MODEL CLASS CONFLICT THEORY

- father is the chief executive, mother is - view that the fundamental causes of
the operating officer. crime are the social and economic forces.

AUTHORITARIAN PARENTS

- high value of obedience and conformity. STRAIN THEORY

AUTHORITATIVE PARENTS - contends certain classes are denied.

- parents are warm but firm. - Robert Merton.

INDULGENT PARENTS ANOMIE THEORY

- behave in responsive, accepting, benign - Emile Durkheim.

or kind.
- normlessness produced by rapidly
INDIFFERENT PARENTS shifting moral views.

- fairly responsive to their child, try to ANOMIE

minimize the time and energy they must devote.
- breakdown of social norms.
ALARMIST VIEW
SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY
- belief that the family is a very serious
condition. - Clifford Shaw and Henry Mckay.

FRUSTRATION - disorganized areas cannot exert “social

control”
- directed at anticipated goals or
expectations. FRUSTRATION AGGRESSION THEORY

AGGRESSION - people who are frustrated will act

aggressively.
- behavior whose goals is to inflict
damage. RECEIVING HOMES

SUPEREGO - temporarily shelter from 10-20 days for

children.
- it grows out of ego.
MATERNITY HOMES
ATTENTION-DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY THEORY
- pregnant woman.
- juvenile delinquency is caused by
immature. DEPENDENT CHILD

LOW IQ THEORY - without a parent or custodian.

- people with low intelligence. ABANDONED CHILD

MESOMORPH - no proper parental care.

- have athletic and muscular physique. NEGLECTED CHILD

DRIFT THEORY - basic needs have been deliberately

unattended.
- juveniles sense a moral obligation to the
bound by the law. COMMITMENT OR SURRENDER OF A CHILD

SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY - legal act of entrusting a child to the care

of DSWD.
- theory views that behavior is model
through observation.

DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION THEORY

- criminal behavior is learned primarily

within the interpersonal groups.

DIFFERENTIAL OPPRESSION THEORY

- juvenile delinquency is a product of the

oppression.

- theory of John D. Hewitt and Robert

Regoli.