Law Enforcement and Juvenile Offenders Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course examines the dynamic relationship between law enforcement agencies and juvenile offenders, focusing on the legal, procedural, and social aspects of juvenile justice. Students will explore the historical evolution of the juvenile justice system, the roles and responsibilities of police officers when interacting with youth, and the impact of law enforcement practices on juvenile delinquency rates. Topics include the constitutional rights of minors, intervention strategies, discretionary decision-making, community policing initiatives, and effective approaches for addressing and preventing juvenile crime. Emphasis is placed on ethical considerations, cultural competence, and current trends influencing law enforcement responses to juvenile offenders.
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Juvenile Justice The Essentials 1st Edition by Richard
A. Lawrence
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Chapter 1: Defining and Measuring Juvenile Dleinquency
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Q1) The number of arrests of juveniles, since 1993, has been:
A) Inclining
B) Is about the same
C) Is exponential
D) Declining
Answer: D
Q2) Victimization surveys are not as reliable as official measures for measuring juvenile offending because victims may not be able to identify their perpetrator and know if the perpetrator was actually a juvenile.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) What are the leading causes of death for children and youth in the United States?
A) Homicide and Infanticide
B) Homicide and Accidental Injuries
C) Homicide and Suicide
D) Accidental and Unintentional Injury
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The History of Juvenile Justice
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Q1) According to Ferdinand juvenile court judges were more like a father-figure than a legal jurist.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The primary purpose of the juvenile justice system was:
A) Retribution
B) Punishment
C) Incarceration
D) Rehabilitation
Answer: D
Q3) <b>Parens patriae</b> means:
A) "obey your parents"
B) "parent of the country"
C) "respect your parents"
D) "in place of parents"
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Causes of Delinquency: Rational Choice and Individual
Explanations
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Q1) Moral development theories of delinquency focus on how children learn social rules and make judgments on the basis of those rules.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In studying the effects of learning disabilities have on delinquency we consider lower levels of intelligence, visual handicaps, and emotional disturbance.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Drugs have NOT been proven to cause what?
A) Happiness
B) Sleepiness
C) Aggression
D) Deviance
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Sociological Explanations of Delinquency
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Q1) The "strain theory" explains delinquency as being caused by the frustration of not having an equal opportunity to achieve commonly shared goals such as economic or social success.
A)True
B)False
Q2) "Life-course persistent" delinquent behavior is typified by a smaller group whose antisocial behavior begins early in life and develops into an adult career in crime.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Who combined the strong points of the traditional classical theory and positivist theories into the general theory of crime?
A) Blake and Rodger
B) Huizinga and Weiher
C) Esbensen
D) Gottfredson and Hirschi
Q4) Discuss the "social structure theory" of delinquency. List the three categories of social structure explanations and the impact of each on delinquency.
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Chapter 5: Correlates and Causes of Delinquency
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Q1) The process in which child abuse leads to delinquency has been described as:
A) "The cycle of criminal behavior"
B) "The cycles of revictimization"
C) "The cycle of violence"
D) "The cycle of criminal distinction"
Q2) Though there is a relationship between family problems and delinquency we cannot say:
A) Social problems within the family cause delinquency
B) That children from broken homes are delinquent.
C) That broken homes are a cause of delinquency
D) That broken homes are an effect of parental delinquency
Q3) Most delinquency is committed by youth who are gang members living in large communities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List the characteristics/purpose of the three types of gangs identified by(Huff).
Q5) Experts were finally able to agree on an exact definition of a "gang" in 2008.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Police and Juvenile Offenders
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Q1) Curfew violation is a status offense because it is only illegal for those of juvenile age.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not part of the law enforcement function of police:
A) Crime investigation
B) Presentation of evidence in court
C) Crowd control
D) Suspect interrogation
Q3) Why might curfew laws have little effect on juvenile crime?
Q4) Police are the most visible officials in the criminal justice system.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In 2005, juveniles accounted for a higher percentage of violent crime arrests than property crime arrests.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Why is the order maintenance function of police less clear than the law enforcement function?
Q7) Explain police discretion and the problems with discretion and race.
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Chapter 7: Due Process and Juveniles Rights
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Q1) The juvenile's background, and the need for and amenability to treatment are considered more important than the actual offense in making the final case decisions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the majority statement of Kent v. U.S., the justices noted that juveniles "may not" receive "the worst of both worlds neither the protection accorded to adults nor the solicitous care and regenerative treatment postulated for children".
A)True
B)False
Q3) "Absence of legal guilt" refers to:
A) Because juveniles are generally less mature and often unaware of the consequences of their actions, they are not held legally responsible.
B) Legally, juveniles are not found guilty of crimes, but are found to be "delinquent"
C) Juvenile status, generally being under 18 years of age, is a defense against criminal responsibility
D) All of the above
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Chapter 8: Juvenile Detention and Court Intake
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Q1) The intake officer serves as a screening function, separating those cases that seem appropriate for diversion from cases that should be petitioned to juvenile court.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe the consequences of being detained in a detention facility.
Q3) After a youth is arrested by police, intake is the next major step in juvenile justice processing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is true about juvenile detention centers:
A) Quieter than other juvenile corrections facilities
B) More likely than other types of juvenile corrections facilities to be at or above their rated capacity
C) Hold more serious criminals than other juvenile corrections facilities
D) More likely to be a "podular" design than other juvenile corrections facilities
Q5) Explain the finding in Schall v. Martin and the importance of the dissenting opinion.
Q6) Explain the purpose of diversion programs.
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Chapter 9: Transfer to Criminal Court
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Q1) White youth are transferred to criminal court more than Black youth.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the transfer processes can be described as the provision for prosecutorial discretion and allows prosecutors to file certain juvenile cases in either juvenile or criminal court?
A) Presumptive waiver
B) Reverse waiver
C) Judicial waiver
D) Prosecutorial discretion
Q3) Waiver decisions must comply with guidelines spelled out in the U.S. Supreme Court case of _________.
A) Breed v. Jones
B) Commonwealth v. Fisher
C) Schall v. Martin
D) Kent v. United States
Q4) Research on the effects of juvenile transfer indicates that it may not reduce serious juvenile crimes.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Juvenile Court Process
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Q1) Major changes in the juvenile court began in the ________.
A) 1950s
B) 1960s
C) 1970s
D) 1980s
Q2) ________ is an alternative to waiver the transfer of juvenile offenders to adult criminal court.
A) Dual sentencing
B) Blended sentencing
C) Mixed sentencing
D) Combined sentencing
Q3) ________ may specialize in areas of law other than criminal or juvenile court matters, and therefore may not provide the most qualified defense counsel.
A) Court appointed attorneys
B) Private attorneys
C) Public defenders
D) Guardian ad litems
Q4) Explain why the deficiencies of non-lawyer judges became readily apparent.
Q5) Explain how an EJJ disposition works.
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Chapter 11: Juvenile Corrections: Institutional and Residental
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Q1) There were more ________facilities than _________ facilities serving juvenile delinquents.
A) Public; Private
B) New; Older
C) Private; Public
D) None of the Above
Q2) Public facilities house most of the juvenile offenders adjudicated for person offences such as
A) Homicide and Robbery
B) Aggravated assault
C) Weapons Charges
D) All of the Above
Q3) Wilderness programs are also used in conjunction with probation conditions.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Boot camps were developed as a part of what trend?
A) Toward more harsh treatment for juvenile offenders.
B) Toward rehabilitation for juvenile offenders
C) Toward more punishment for juvenile offenders
D) None of the above.
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Chapter 12: Juvenile Pobation and Community Corrections
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Q1) Intensive aftercare programs provide social control and supervision services for juveniles returning to the community from out-of-home placements.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Probation officers' responsibilities include both control and rehabilitation, resulting in a "role conflict" for many officers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Aftercare or parole supervision is not essential for successful reentry back into the community of juveniles.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List, discuss, and compare and contrast the different intermediate sanctions.
Q5) Probation became available for juvenile offenders in the early 1900s.
A)True
B)False
Q6) There is an agreement on how to assess correctional outcome.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Restorative Justice
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Q1) The ancient Sumerian code of conduct was called what?
A) Code of Jesphec
B) Code of Hammurabi
C) Code of Gandalf
D) All of the above were the codes of conduct for ancient Sumeria.
Q2) Restorative justice views crime as a violation of:
A) Interpersonal relationships
B) Our social and constitutional rights.
C) The ability to have liberty and freedom.
D) All of the Above
Q3) Restorative justice practices in the United States have developed over the past how many years?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 40
Q4) Restorative justice is also limited to cases in which those identified as offenders voluntarily agree to participate in their treatment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: The Future of Juvenile Justice
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Q1) Wheeler, in 1971, studied the relationship between child neglect and delinquency and noted that a majority of neglect and delinquency cases can be attributed to economic stress.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Politicians and the public tend to view youth crime, violence, and child poverty in the same context as war.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Efforts to deinstitutionalize youth from large training schools produced _______ results, the most dramatic being Massachusetts's closing of most of its state juvenile training schools in the early 1970s.
A) Menial
B) Grand
C) Mixed
D) None of the Above
Q4) The social and economic causes of delinquency have changed.
A)True
B)False
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