QUESTION 1
- In which Supreme Court ruling did they rule it was cruel and unusual punishment to execute a person who was under the age of 18?
Miller v. Alabama | ||
In re Gault | ||
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania | ||
Roper v. Simmons |
4 points
QUESTION 2
- The consequences of racial, social and economic disparity do not take a toll on minority youth?
True
False
4 points
QUESTION 3
- It has been argued by Harvard University Law Professor Randall Kennedy –even if a law enforcement policy exists that disproportionately affects African American suspects, it might be justified as “public good” because law-abiding African Americans re statistically more often victims of crimes committed by other African Americans.
True
False
4 points
QUESTION 4
- The concept that the police role should be to maintain order and be a visible and accessible component of the community and that their efforts can be successful only when conducted in partnership with concerned citizens is a movement referred to as?
Intelligence-led policing | ||
Hotspot policing | ||
Data driven policing | ||
Community policing |
4 points
QUESTION 5
- All of the following community level indicators are associated with the most serious violent crimes, including homicide and assault EXCEPT?
Presence of youth gangs | ||
Income inequality | ||
Deteriorated neighborhoods | ||
College education |
4 points
QUESTION 6
- Nonpunitive legal disposition of juveniles emphasizing community treatment in which the juvenile is closely supervised by an officer of the court and must adhere to a strict set of rules to avoid incarceration is referred to as?
Probation | ||
Parole | ||
Court monitoring | ||
Community treatment |
4 points
QUESTION 7
- This form of delinquency prevention involves day care providers, nurses, teachers, social workers, recreation staff at the YMCA and counselors at the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. It is also referred to as alternative delinquency prevention?
Nonjustice delinquency prevention | ||
Justice delinquency prevention | ||
Delinquency repression | ||
Delinquency control |
4 points
QUESTION 8
- The waiver process which involves transferring juveniles from juvenile to criminal court, where they are tried as adults transfers minorities at a greater rate than their representation in the population?
True
False
4 points
QUESTION 9
- These facilities are correctional centers operated by federal, state, and community governments, these facilities restrict the movement of residents through staff monitoring, locked exits, and interior fence controls. They are known as?
Delinquency repression facilities | ||
Institutional treatment facilities | ||
Secure probation facilities | ||
Community treatment facilities |
4 points
QUESTION 10
- Balanced probation is an effect to enhance the success of probation. Balanced probation systems integrate all of the following EXCEPT?
The accountability of the victim | ||
Community protection | ||
The accountability of the juvenile offender | ||
Individualized attention to the offender |
4 points
QUESTION 11
- Under parens patriae delinquent acts are not considered criminal violations?
True
False
4 points
QUESTION 12
- All of the following are true regarding cognitive differences females have when compared to males EXCEPT?
Superior verbal ability | ||
Speak earlier | ||
Have better pronunciation | ||
Superior visual/spatial ability |
4 points
QUESTION 13
- Boot camps for juveniles fail to reduce future offending for juveniles is they provide little in the way of therapy or treatment to correct offending behavior.
True
False
4 points
QUESTION 14
- Restitution can take several forms. Which of the following is not identified as a form of restitution?
Monetary restitution | ||
Community service restitution | ||
Juvenile offender restitution | ||
Victim service restitution |
4 points
QUESTION 15
- According to psychologist Sandra Bems, this theory of development holds that children internalize gender scripts that reflect the gender-related social practices of the culture. Once internalized, these gender scripts predispose the kids to construct a self-identity that is consistent with them. This theory is known as?
Looking glass theory | ||
Gender neutral hypothesis | ||
Gender-schema theory | ||
Gender similarities hypothesis |
4 points
QUESTION 16
- In 1825 the child savers opened in New York a care facility founded on the concept of protecting potential criminal youths by taking them off the streets and reforming them in a family like environment. This care facility came to be known as ________
Workhouse | ||
House of Refuge | ||
Poorhouse | ||
Almshouses |
4 points
QUESTION 17
- In 1989, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) made it mandatory for juvenile and adults to share treatment facilities allowing them to share programs and staff in an effort to save federal funds.
True
False
4 points
QUESTION 18
- In the United States, juvenile probation developed as part of the wave of social reform characterizing the latter half of the nineteenth century. Which state took the first step in creating juvenile probation?
New York | ||
New Hampshire | ||
Massachusetts | ||
Connecticut |
4 points
QUESTION 19
- Within all social and economic strata, males commit more delinquent acts than females. Even though delinquency arrest rates for both genders have been in a decade long decline. What is the current arrest ratio for serious violent crimes between males and females?
2:1 ratio | ||
4:1 ratio | ||
6:1 ratio | ||
8:1 ratio |
4 points
QUESTION 20
- The most glaring problem with treatment programs is that they are not administered as intended. Although the official goals of many may be treatment and rehabilitation, the actual programs may center around security and punishment.
True
False
4 points
QUESTION 21
- In an attempt to explain gender differences some experts suggest gender differences have a biological origin. They go on to say males and females have somewhat different brain organizations; is it true females are more left brain oriented and males are more right brain oriented?
True
False
4 points
QUESTION 22
- At one time female delinquency was viewed as an emotional or family related matter, and the few “true” female delinquents were sexual oddities whose criminal activity was a function of having masculine traits and characteristics; this was referred to as the?
Gender difference theory | ||
Cognitive difference theory | ||
Macho hypothesis | ||
Masculinity hypothesis |
4 points
QUESTION 23
- The typical delinquent detainee according to the national detention trends is:
Male, 15 years of age, charged with a felony | ||
Male, 16 years of age, charged with a serious offense | ||
Female, 16 years of age, charged with a public order offense | ||
Male, 16 years of age, charged with a public order offense |
4 points
QUESTION 24
- Nineteenth-century reformers who developed programs for troubled youth and influenced legislation creating the juvenile justice system today are referred to as?
The chancery court | ||
Child savers | ||
Poor law reformers | ||
Urban reformers |
4 points
QUESTION 25
- This report includes an analysis of the child’s feelings about the violations and the child’s capacity for change. It also examines the influences in producing and possibly resolving the problems. This is referred to as a social investigation. Is it also known as a post disposition report?
True
False