Juvenile Justice Practice Exam
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the juvenile justice system, examining its historical development, legal framework, and contemporary practices in responding to youth offenders. Students will analyze the social, psychological, and legal factors influencing juvenile delinquency, as well as the roles of law enforcement, the courts, and correctional agencies in rehabilitation and prevention. The course also addresses critical issues such as due process rights, diversion programs, restorative justice approaches, and the impact of race, gender, and socioeconomic status on juvenile justice outcomes. Through case studies and current policy debates, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and reforms shaping the future of juvenile justice.
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Juvenile Delinquency The Core 6th Edition by Larry
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J. Siegel
Chapter 1: Childhood and Delinquency
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Q1) In 1967,the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice suggested that the juvenile justice system must provide underprivileged youths with opportunities for success,including jobs and education.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following statements about parental liability laws is false?
A)Some states require parents to reimburse the government for the costs of detention or care of their children.
B)Some states require parents to make restitution payments to victims.
C)All states have yet to place limits on the amount recovery victims can receive.
D)Some states require parents and children to participate in counseling and community service activities.
Answer: C
Q3) The ________________ Poor Laws of 1601 created a system of church wardens and overseers who identified delinquent children.
Answer: Elizabethan
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Chapter 2: The Nature and Extent of Delinquency
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Q1) Part I offenses include homicide and non-negligent manslaughter,forcible rape,________________,and aggravated assault.
Answer: robbery
Q2) ____________________________ are responsible for the majority of serious delinquent acts.
A)Lower-class youth
B)Middle-class youth
C)Upper-class,rebellious youth
D)Social class is irrelevant to delinquency.
Answer: A
Q3) According to the National Crime Victimization Survey:
A)females are more often the victims of delinquency than males
B)older people are more often targets than younger people
C)crime victimization tends to be interracial
D)the chance of victimization declines with age
Answer: D
Q4) The concept of the chronic career offender is most closely associated with the research efforts of ______________________.
Answer: Marvin Wolfgang
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Chapter 3: Individual Views of Delinquency: Choice and Trait
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Q1) Damage to the brain itself that causes antisocial behavior injurious to the individual's lifestyle and social adjustment is also known as ___________.
Answer: minimal brain dysfunction (MBD) minimal brain dysfunction MBD
Q2) It has been suggested that children who manifest behavioral disturbances may have neurological deficits,such as damage to the hemispheres of the brain.This is sometimes referred to as:
A)bipolar disorder
B)cognitive dissonance
C)minimal brain dysfunction
D)autism
Answer: C
Q3) Compare and contrast nature theory and nurture theory.
Answer: Nature theory The view that intelligence is inherited and is a function of genetic makeup. Nurture theory The view that intelligence is determined by environmental stimulation and socialization.
Q4) __________________ focuses on the association between biological makeup,environmental conditions,and antisocial behaviors.
Answer: Biosocial theory
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Chapter 4: Sociological Views of Delinquency
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Q1) Relative deprivation occurs when pockets of extreme poverty are socially and physically isolated from the rest of society.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Learning theories assume that children are born good and learn to be bad.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which statement is false regarding fear in socially disorganized neighborhoods?
A)As fear increases,quality of life deteriorates.
B)People lose respect for the police who cannot seem to protect and serve the community.
C)Fear may convince young people that the only way to protect themselves is to join a gang.
D)While doubtful,many perceive the law as legitimate,responsive,and well equipped to ensure public safety.
Q4) The text states that,according to Agnew,adolescents engage in delinquency as a result of ________________ states,the anger,frustration,fear,and other adverse emotions that derive from strain.
Q5) Discuss the premise of labeling theory and the effects of such labels.
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Chapter 5: Developmental Views of Delinquency: Life
Course and Latent Trait
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Q1) Cheryl's verbal proficiency demonstrates a ____________ difference between the sexes.
A)socialization
B)genetic
C)cognitive
D)personality
Q2) Females were committed to a correctional facility at older ages than those of males.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following statements is false concerning gender differences in cognition?
A)Males acquire language faster.
B)Females are superior in verbal ability.
C)Males test higher in visual spatial performance.
D)Females are less likely to have reading problems.
Q4) Compare and contrast contemporary trait and contemporary psychological explanations of female delinquency.
Q5) In 1925,Cyril Burt linked female delinquency to _____________________.
Q6) The androgen most often related to antisocial behavior is
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Chapter 6: Gender and Delinquency
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Q1) What is the association between James' mom's employment and his delinquency?
A)It is a direct cause.
B)It is an indirect cause.
C)The relationship is spurious.
D)It is unknown.
Q2) In the case of Burton v.Biden,the courts ruled that the use of CCTV violated the defendant's right to face one's accuser.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Stepchildren are overrepresented in cases of familicide.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ___________________ occurs when parents physically leave their children with the intention of completely severing the parent-child relationship.
Q5) Because people are generally sympathetic to abused children,delinquents with abuse backgrounds get lighter sentences than those who were not abused.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: The Family and Delinquency
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Q1) __________ are clusters of youth who outwardly seem unified,but actually have limited cohesion,impermanence,minimal consensus of norms,shifting membership,disturbed leadership,and limited definitions of membership expectations.
A)Cliques
B)Klikas
C)Near-groups
D)Gangs
Q2) When gang members toss or flash signs to proclaim their gang membership,this is called:
A)fronting
B)passing
C)badging
D)representing
Q3) According to the ___________________ view,gangs appeal to adolescents' longing for the tribal process that sustained their ancestors.
A)liberation
B)social injury
C)rational choice
D)anthropological
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Chapter 8: Peers and Delinquency: Juvenile Gangs and Groups
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Q1) Research shows that school climate-the social and educational atmosphere of a school-is one of the least important predictors of campus crime and violence levels.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the case of J.D.B.v.North Carolina,the Court ruled that a suspect's _________ must be considered when determining if a confession was given freely while they believed they were in custody.
Q3) The Secret Service has compiled data for an accurate and useful profile of at-risk kids who become school shooters.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Today,more than 90 percent of school-aged children attend school,compared to only _____ percent in 1890. A)7 B)23 C)42 D)57
Q5) Identify and discuss the three causes of school crime as presented in the text.
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Chapter 9: Schools and Delinquency
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Q1) Rational choice theorists have produced research that indicates that adolescent alcohol abusers believe getting high will increase their sexual performance and facilitate their social behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Compare and contrast losers and burnouts to persistent offenders with regard to drug abuse.
Q3) Compare and contrast the education,community,and treatment strategies in reducing teenage substance abuse.
Q4) Surveys conducted in high schools may be excluding some of the most drug-prone young people in the population.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Self-report surveys indicate marijuana is the substance of choice among teenagers,just ahead of alcohol and barbiturates.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Identify and discuss four of the seven key reasons why youths take drugs as presented in the text.
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Chapter 10: Drug Use and Delinquency
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Q1) Research has found that the public values early prevention and offender rehabilitation and treatment over the increased incarceration of offenders.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ____________________________ refers to intervening in young people's lives before they engage in delinquency.
Q3) Johnny's characteristics are ______________________ that increase the potential for future delinquency.
A)risk factors
B)control factors
C)protective factors
D)suppressive factors
Q4) ____________________ are commonly characterized in state statutes as persons or children in need of supervision.
Q5) The standard of evidence in juvenile delinquency adjudications,as in adult criminal trials,is proof _____________________________.
Q6) For juvenile offenders,a(n)___________________,is the equivalent of sentencing for adult offenders.
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Chapter 11: Delinquency Prevention and Juvenile Justice
Today
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Q1) Discuss how handling juvenile offenders can produce major role conflict for police.
Q2) The systematic nature of problem-oriented policing is characterized by its adherence to a four-step model,often referred to as:
A)B.A.R.T.
B)C.O.P.S.
C)S.A.R.A.
D)D.A.R.E.
Q3) Juveniles typically account for about 40 percent of all violent crime arrests.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Identify and discuss the key historical events that shaped juvenile policing in America today.
Q5) Given the scenario,what statement best describes what the officer was doing with Stacy's situation?
A)Using his discretion
B)Utilizing rational choice
C)Filing a formal charge against her
D)Discussing options with her parents
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Chapter 12: Police Work With Juveniles
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Q1) What U.S.Supreme Court case articulated the basic requirements of due process that must be satisfied in juvenile court proceedings?
A)Schall v.Martin
B)In re Gault
C)In re Winship
D)McKeiver v.Pennsylvania
Q2) Although adults retain the right to bail in most cases via the Eighth Amendment,most states refuse juveniles the right to bail.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most damaging criticism has been that diversion programs are involving children in the juvenile justice system who previously would have been released without official notice.This is referred to as:
A)diversion
B)discretion
C)net widening
D)probation
Q4) Discuss the public defender program and the issues and challenges of the position.
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Chapter 13: Juvenile Court Process: Pretrial, Trial, and Sentencing
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Q1) A counseling program in which peer leaders encourage other group members to modify their behavior and peers help reinforce acceptable behaviors is known as
Q2) Which is true with regard to minority youth in the juvenile justice system?
A)Minority youths are incarcerated at a similar rate as European American youths.
B)Minorities are more likely to be confined in secure,private facilities.
C)Among minority groups Hispanic youths are more likely to receive more punitive treatment.
D)Minority youths accused of delinquent acts are less likely than European American youths to be diverted from the court system.
Q3) Today,all 50 states and the District of Columbia have statutory restitution programs. A)True
B)False
Q4) The Intensive Aftercare Program includes the goal of monitoring and testing youth for various substances.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Juvenile Corrections: Probation, Community
Treatment, and Institutionalization
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Q1) What do we know about early onset of deviance?
A)It strongly predicts more frequent,varied,and sustained criminality later in life.
B)It reduces the likelihood of criminal activity later in life.
C)It is associated with adolescents' feelings of social powerlessness.
D)It is linked to social conditions that control behavior choices.
Q2) Which of the following behaviors would a person with low self-control not be likely to exhibit?
A)Drink alcohol
B)Watch television all day
C)Skip school
D)Volunteer in a nursing home
Q3) ___________________ theory states that delinquent behavior is controlled by a "master trait," present at birth or soon after,that remains stable and unchanging throughout a person's lifetime.
Q4) Explain the developmental view by analyzing how developmental theory and delinquency prevention coexist.Provide examples.
Q5) According to __________________ theory,building social capital and strong social bonds reduces the likelihood of long-term deviance.
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