NC BLET JUVENILE LAWS AND PROCEDURES
LATEST UPDATE 2024 150 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS GUARANTEED
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Additional Strategies for Working with Youth: FINDING COMMON GROUND -
CORRECT ANSWER: Ask questions about the juvenile's home, school, friends, etc. to find similarities you can relate to.
Additional Strategies for Working with Youth: IDENTIFY STRENGTH - CORRECT
ANSWER: allows you to build a relationship by pointing out to the juvenile that you are aware of their positive qualities or behaviors.
Additional Strategies for Working with Youth: LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF STRENGTH -
CORRECT ANSWER: Important to see the juvenile as a person who has assets and
value/worth as a person, not just their faults.
Additional Strategies for Working with Youth: TRUST - CORRECT ANSWER: firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person
Develops over time based on effects of one-on-one day-to-day relationships.
Common attributes that build this are: being committed to a goal, caring deeply about who you serve, honest/integrity, and acknowledging your mistakes.
After understanding, how can you establish rapport with juveniles? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Helps ease or prevent tension by allowing juveniles to see officers as
people rather than robots. Helps them see you as allies.
- Starts by developing a helping relationship vs. an adversarial relationship. Begins
- Some youth may not like you and many have been exposed to abuse by adults so
- Keeping this in mind, and going out of your way to otherwise convey your desire to
- Relationship requires both parties to feel comfortable and equal. Allow juvenile to feel
with building a strong alliance that lets them feel they are on the same side.
they may have their guard up. Your uniform may also make you intimidating.
form a relationship and be approachable.
respected and valued, and it gives them a sense of control and you will be much more effective.
KEY ELEMENTS: empathy, genuineness, and positive regard
Can a statement be taken from a juvenile during a nontestimonial identification
procedure? - CORRECT ANSWER: Not unless the juvenile has counsel present
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Conducting Parent-Juvenile Conferences: COUNSELING - CORRECT ANSWER: Best left to professionals like social workers or psychologists. However, may be times LEOs may need to facilitate discussions between parties.
Not trained in this so just try and use open dialogue to listen, reflect, clarify issues, etc.
Courts and Interfence of Investigation: - CORRECT ANSWER: Courts can order a person named in petition to stop the acts that are obstructing an investigation.
EXCEPT in cases where it is alleged a juvenile needs immediate protection/assistance: the respondent (person named in petition) is given notice of a hearing, which must occur within 5 business days from the date of service of petition. A Director may also request an ex parte order in these instances.
The hearing will allow the Court to determine if such obstruction exists and enters orders accordingly.
A person who fails to comply with Court orders may be subject to civil/criminal contempt proceedings.
Duty to Report under G.S. 7B-301 - CORRECT ANSWER: Every person has the legal
duty to report facts which lead the person to believe a juvenile is being abused/neglected or has died as a result of maltreatment.
The case must be reported to: Director of DSS, intake services of DSS in the county where the juvenile resides or is found.
How can the report be made? Orally, written, by telephone.
Duty to Report Under G.S. 14-318.6 - CORRECT ANSWER: Any person 18 years or
older knows or should reasonably know a juvenile is or has been the victim of a violent offense, sexual offense, or misdemeanor child abuse under 14-318.2 must immediately report the case to appropriate LE agency in the county where juvenile lives/is found.
How can the report be made? Orally or by telephone.
Duty to Report Under G.S. 90-20.21 - CORRECT ANSWER: Physicians and hospitals
must report to the appropriate LE agency, recurrent illness or serious physical injury to any child under 18 where the illness or injury appears to be the result of non-accidental trauma.
Duty to Report Under G.S. 110-105.4 - CORRECT ANSWER: Where a report is
received of child sexual abuse in a day care facility or home, DSS must notify SBI within 24 hours or on the next work day.
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If during any other investigation, it is found that child sexual abuse may have occurred in a day care facility, then DSS must notify SBI.
How does a juvenile court keep its jursidiction? - CORRECT ANSWER: Once
jurisdiction has been obtained, it will continue until one of the following conditions have
been met:
- Until terminated by the court
- Until the juvenile reaches 18
- Until emancipation
How should a juvenile court counselor file a petition? - CORRECT ANSWER: Creates the petition. If counselor is not available, clerk of court may assist.
Action begins after petition is filed in clerk's office or verified by a magistrate if the clerk's office isn't open and the situation is an emergency requiring a custody order.
How should an LEO prepare for the initial non-custodial conference? - CORRECT
ANSWER: 1. Ensure parties are communicating effectively
- Pick a comfortable location for being. Office at the police station may be ideal. If
juvenile has been arrested, maybe meet in place of arrest location. BUT office is best
place: safer than home, more privacy.
How should an officer handle complaints during an LE investigation of child abuse? -
CORRECT ANSWER: The initial approach should be made in a professional manner
and explain that the health/safety of the child is being considered. Be sure to show concern and sympathy.
If a parent refuses to let you enter, probable cause is needed that there is a crime being committed unless you are entering to save a life or prevent serious bodily harm. If your
entry is denied by parent/guardian, you may NOT enter unless you have:
- an arrest warrant if the subject resides within the home
- a search warrant covering the home
- reasonable belief that you need to make a warrantless entry to save a life or prevent
serious bodily harm (neighbors and others may have to be interviewed to establish this probable cause).
How to understand interacting with adolescents? - CORRECT ANSWER: 1. Recognize
the processes that lead up to criminal behavior and use that knowledge to seek program alternatives that help them identify errors in their thought processes and see other options to their behavior.
- A key cognitive development during this stage is RELATIVITY: the ability to see
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things in relative terms as opposed to black and white terms. They can be extremely skeptical because of this.