Juvenile Justice Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Juvenile Justice explores the historical development, current practices, and future directions of the juvenile justice system in the United States. The course examines the legal, social, and psychological theories underlying juvenile delinquency, the roles of law enforcement, the court system, and correctional institutions, and key policies related to the treatment and rehabilitation of young offenders. Students will analyze the impact of race, class, gender, and community factors on juvenile behavior and the justice process, critically assess intervention strategies and prevention programs, and discuss contemporary debates such as juvenile sentencing, restorative justice, and the movement toward more punitive measures.
Recommended Textbook Essentials of Criminal Justice 7th Edition by Larry J. Siegel
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Chapter 1: Crime and Criminal Justice
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Q1) The ____________________ is comprised of the prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and other court personnel who function to streamline the process of justice.
Answer: courtroom work group
Q2) Which justice perspective advocates mediation rather than coercive punishment?
A)Rehabilitation
B)Nonintervention
C)Equal justice
D)Restorative justice
Answer: D
Q3) The case of an intoxicated teenager who committed a burglary and netted $50 would most likely be found in the third layer of the wedding cake model of criminal justice.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Most criminal cases are processed through the entire formal justice system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Nature of Crime and Victimization
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Q1) Which view of criminality argues that people commit crimes if they believe it will provide immediate benefits without the threat of long-term risks?
A)Psychological theory
B)Social structure theory
C)Social process theory
D)Choice theory
Answer: D
Q2) Which view of crime argues that crime is a politically defined concept by those in power?
A)Conflict
B)Consensus
C)Interactionist
D)Moral entrepreneur
Answer: A
Q3) Discuss the Delinquency in a Birth Cohort study and how its findings have shaped justice policy.
Answer: Answer not provided.
Q4) Discuss the intersection of race, class, gender, and crime victimization. Answer: Answer not provided.
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Chapter 3: Criminal Law: Substance and Procedure
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Q1) The primary concern of ____________________ is the control and regulation of human interaction.
Answer: law
Q2) The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to prevent the government from overtaking the personal freedoms of citizens.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The term stare decisis meANSWER:
A)an eye for an eye.
B)inherently evil.
C)a statute created by a legislative body.
D)to stand by decided cases.
Answer: D
Q4) Which constitutional amendment outlaws illegal searches and seizures by police?
A)First
B)Fourth
C)Fifth
D)Eighth
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Police in Society: History and Organization
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Q1) What federal agency is responsible for the transportation of federal prisoners?
A)U.S. Marshals
B)FBI
C)Department of Homeland Security
D)Secret Service
Q2) As the 18 century began, rising crime rates encouraged a new form of private paid police called ____________________, who were able to profit both legally and criminally from the lack of formal police departments.
Q3) Explain what crime mapping is and its impact on policing.
Q4) The ____________________ assists local and state authorities in investigating illegal drug use.
Q5) The shire reeve was considered the first police officer. A)True
B)False
Q6) ____________________ is credited with the passage of the Metropolitan Police Act that established the first organized police force in London.
Q7) Thief takers were professional criminals that assisted burglars.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: The Police: Role and Function
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Q1) What was the principle finding of the Kansas City study?
A)It is significant what type of patrol model you implement.
B)There is little evidence that police patrol deters crime.
C)Patrol techniques can have a significant impact on citizens' attitudes.
D)Patrol techniques can significantly impact citizens' satisfaction with police.
Q2) What is the name of the police support unit that is responsible for investigating allegations of police misconduct?
A)Internal Affairs
B)Personnel Services
C)Civilian Review Boards
D)Field-training Offices
Q3) Community policing is often exemplified by which of the following models?
A)Broken windows
B)Shattered promises
C)Urban decay
D)Urban blight
Q4) Most promotions in policing have ____________________ requirements.
Q5) Length of investigation is associated with success of investigation operations.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Issues in Policing: Professional, Social, and Legal
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Q1) Which of the following is not commonly identified as a factor related to police shootings?
A)Firearms availability in the community
B)Administrative policies
C)Social conflict
D)Poverty levels
Q2) A search is considered unreasonable when it exceeds the scope of police authority or is highly invasive of personal privacy, even if it reveals incriminating evidence.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is the term used to describe those police officers that accept payoffs when their everyday duties place them in a position to be solicited by the public?
A)Grass eaters
B)Meat eaters
C)Passive criminality
D)Selective enforcement or non-enforcement
Q4) The ____________________ rule is the oldest deadly use of force standard, dating back to English Common Law times.
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Chapter 7: Courts, Prosecution, and the Defense
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Q1) ____________________ describes the decision a prosecutor makes in whether or not to prosecute a case.
Q2) Interviewing witnesses in a criminal case is one of the duties of the prosecutor.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The concept of attorney competence was defined by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Strickland v. Washington.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is false regarding appellate courts?
A)Appellate courts try cases.
B)Appellate courts review the procedures of the case to determine whether an error was made by judicial authorities.
C)The appellate court can order a new trial.
D)The appellate court can allow the defendant to go free.
Q5) The U.S. Supreme Court is the only court established by constitutional mandate.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Pretrial and Trial Procedures
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Q1) The _____ Amendment contains the confrontation clause.
A)First
B)Fourth
C)Sixth
D)Fourteenth
Q2) A ____________________ is issued if the grand jury fails to find that probable cause to prosecute exists.
Q3) If an individual is permitted a trial, who chooses whether it will be before a judge or a jury?
A)Prosecutor
B)Defendant
C)Judge
D)Court administrator
Q4) The ____ Amendment to the Constitution prohibits excessive bail.
A)Sixth
B)Eighth
C)Fourteenth
D)Sixteenth
Q5) Explain what the right to a speedy trial means and how this right may be violated.
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Chapter 9: Punishment and Sentencing
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Q1) Historically, those that violated the law were considered morally corrupt.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What type of sentence did an offender receive if upon completion of a five year term in prison for one crime, he then begins serving three years for the second of multiple crimes?
A)Concurrent sentence
B)Consecutive sentence
C)Congruent sentence
D)Conditional sentence
Q3) The determinate sentence is still the most widely used type of sentence in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What was the most common state-administered punishment in 5 century Roman civilization?
A)Mutilation
B)Burning at the stake
C)Banishment (exile)
D)Flogging
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Chapter 10: Community Sentences: Probation, Intermediate
Sanctions, and Restorative Justice
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Q1) A number of important legal issues surround probation. Using pertinent cases to illustrate, discuss the civil rights of probationers.
Q2) How has the historical development of probation affected its modern operation? How would you answer someone who says that intensive probation is merely a return to probation as it was originally envisioned by John Augustus?
Q3) What entity initially sets down the conditions or rules of behavior that must be followed by the probationer?
A)The court
B)The correctional authority
C)The victim's assistance office
D)A private, third party contractor
Q4) Discuss structure and the effectiveness of residential community corrections programs.
Q5) Restitution ranks lower than probation on the punishment ladder.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ____________________ is when the offender must pay the victim or community back for damages.
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Chapter 11: Corrections: History, Institutions, and Populations
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Q1) Explain the influence of Quakers on the development of America's prisons.
Q2) ____________________ are facilities that hold both people that are guilty of a crime and those that are awaiting trial.
Q3) The primary purpose of a maximum-security prison is:
A)rehabilitation. B)security.
C)deterrence.
D)silence.
Q4) Approximately ____ percent of the male African American population will be admitted to prison during their lifetime.
A)8
B)18
C)28
D)38
Q5) Boot camps are an example of ____________________ incarceration.
Q6) The "modern" American correctional system has its origins in New York. A)True
B)False
Q7) Discuss the pros and cons of private prisons.
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Chapter 12: Prison Life: Living in and Leaving Prison
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Q1) The desire for warm stable relationships that are otherwise unobtainable in the prison environment often leads the female inmate to:
A)engage in self-mutilation behavior.
B)develop elaborate black market economies.
C)create make-believe families.
D)marry prison guards and staff.
Q2) What is one commonly used method for treating drug-dependant inmates in today's prisons?
A)Solitary confinement
B)Therapeutic communities
C)Work furloughs
D)Milieu therapy
Q3) What did the Farmer v. Brennan decision establish?
A)Inmates have the right to marry other inmates.
B)Inmates are entitled to adequate medical treatment.
C)Inmates may sue if they are injured by another inmate and correctional authorities failed to protect them from harm that was foreseeable.
D)Inmates may sue if correctional officers beat or abuse them.
Q4) The first treatment programs in prison were ____________________.
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Chapter 13: The Juvenile Justice System
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Q1) Early reform schools sought to rehabilitate juvenile offenders.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Charles Loring Brace was the philanthropist who developed the Children's Aid Society.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Compare and contrast the juvenile justice system and the adult criminal justice system.
Q4) Which case is said to have established the theoretical basis for the chancery courts acting on the behalf of the crown?
A)The Carriers case
B)Breed v. Jones
C)In re Gault
D)Wellesley v. Wellesley
Q5) ____________________ means removing non-criminal youths convicted on status offenses from institutions housing delinquents.
Q6) Summarize the arguments for and against retaining the juvenile court. Discuss the potential ramifications of the demise of the juvenile court.
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Chapter 14: Criminal Justice in the New Millennium:
Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Cyber Crime
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Q1) In what year did Congress pass legislation authorizing the creation of the Department of Homeland Security?
A)1998
B)2000
C)2002
D)2004
Q2) Discuss the purposes of the USA Patriot Act and then detail the concern about this Act by civil libertarians.
Q3) Which type of cyber vandalism appears as a benign application which actually contains codes that can damage the system operations?
A)Mydoom
B)Trojan horse
C)Malware
D)Dhiseling
Q4) Cyber terrorism may result in a battered economy in which the government is forced to spend more on the military and cut back on social programs and education.
A)True
B)False
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