All Of The Following Are Status Offenses Except

Question: The first juvenile court was established in…

Answer: 1899.

Question: What term means, “In place of the parents”?

Answer: In loco parentis.

Question: What term means, “State as the parent”?

Answer: Parens patriae.

Question: What term means, “The absolute control the father had over his family and the absolute responsibility of the children to obey”?

Answer: Patria postestas.

Question: What was the doctrine that eventually led to the foundation of the juvenile court in America?

Answer: Parens patriae.

Question: The most formative period of a child’s life is:

Answer: Between birth and to age 3.

Question: What is the first institution to affect a child’s behavior?

Answer: Family.

Question: Most people do not know this, but they are allowed to have an _____________ at suspension hearings.

Answer: Attorney.

Question: When the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act was amended in 1980, what was instituted as an exception to the secure confinement of status offenses?

Answer: Valid Court Order.

Question: An offense or conduct that would NOT be a crime if it were committed by an adult:

Answer: Status offense.