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Match Each Form of Sentencing Available to a Juvenile Court

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Match each form of sentencing available to a juvenile court judge with its description.
-Mandatory Sentencing


A) The requirement that individuals who commit certain offenses be sentenced to a specified length of confinement if found guilty or adjudicated delinquent.
B) A model of sentencing that provides fixed terms of sentences for criminal offenses. Terms are generally set by the legislature rather than determined by judicial discretion.
C) In juvenile justice, a sentencing model that encourages rehabilitation through the use of general and relatively unspecific sentences. Under the model, a juvenile judge has wide discretion and can commit a juvenile to the department of corrections or youth authority until correctional staff members make the decision to release the juvenile.

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