The laws establishing the juvenile court
A) defined a class of deviant delinquent youth who were brought to the attention of mental health professionals thus "pathologizing" certain youthful behaviors
B) created a focus on the social conditions that led youth into crime
C) found that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual already included delinquency as a pathological category
D) was created on the theory that most children would not become adult criminals if they had behavioral difficulties when young
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Q23: What is meant by therapeutic jurisprudence? How
Q24: The juvenile court was
A) an European invention
Q25: Originally, the juvenile court was intended to
A)
Q26: Juvenile courts
A) were established under the state's
Q27: The laws establishing the juvenile court
A) defined
Q29: Today, crimes committed by youth
A) are relatively
Q30: Crimes committed by youth are
A) mostly committed
Q31: Because of the rate of crimes committed
Q32: Status offenses are
A) defined by law in
Q33: Delinquency is defined
A) as youth who are
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