Youth, Mental Health, and the Juvenile Justice System

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Across
  1. 4. Diagnoses in childhood and adolescence is _____.
  2. 6. _______ offenses are crimes that are committed by a youth, but not an adult.
  3. 7. Due to lack of ______, diagnosis do not always lead to treatments.
  4. 9. _______ offenses occur when a crime is committed by a youth or an adult.
  5. 11. Diagnoses may ____ across childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
  6. 13. _____ Waiver is the most widely used mechanism to transfer a juvenile to adult courts.
  7. 14. There are ____ mechanisms to transfer juveniles to adult courts.
  8. 15. By not providing services, youth are put at risk for further _______ in the juvenile justice system.
  9. 16. Youth are considered "_____ targets" for diagnoses due to their constant development.
Down
  1. 1. Delinquent offenses are also known as ________ offenses.
  2. 2. Many symptoms of mental disorders in youth are “___-_____”.
  3. 3. Prosecutorial waivers do not have to have a ________.
  4. 5. Assessments are meant to gain _______ information to address needs.
  5. 8. _______ confinement exacerbates mental health concerns.
  6. 10. _______ is short-term confinement used at multiple points throughout the system.
  7. 12. _______ is the providing of services to participating youths through formal linkage with existing community-based MH programs.