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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A punish their sins
B provide treatment
C initiate victim restitution
D separate them from their peers
Question #2
A police discretion
B station adjustment
C cycle of alienation
D search and seizure
Question #3
A ensuring that an adequate information system is available to evaluate performance
B ensuring that trials are concluded without continuances
C encouraging family members to participate in the development of the youth’s intervention plan
D providing effective post-dispositions to each youth
Question #4
A behavioral therapy
B recidivism
C guided group interaction
D just deserts
Question #5
A For drug offenses, 11 percent of the transferred offenders reoffended, compared with 9 percent of the retained offenders.
B For property offenses, 10 percent of the transferred offenders reoffended, compared with 14 percent of the retained offenders.
C Overall, 35 percent of the transferred offenders reoffended, compared with 59 percent of the retained offenders.
D For violent offenders, 16 percent of the transferred offenders reoffended, compared with 24 percent of the retained offenders.
Question #6
A It lowered the age at which waiver could occur to fourteen years old for capital, firstdegree, and aggravated controlled substance felony offenses.
B It mandated a determinate sentence of five years for class A felonies, which include firstdegree kidnapping, first-degree arson, and murder.
C It mandated that the sentence for class A felonies can be extended by at least one year.
D It mandated that certain court procedures would be open to the public, although the names of juveniles still would remain confidential.
Question #7
A developmental life-course theory
B social control theory
C social learning theory
D strain theory
Question #8
A Their rights to legal counsel and to intelligently enter a plea are suspended.
B The “best interest of the child” standard for decision making is followed.
C The justice model is used in their adjudicatory and disposition hearings.
D They are transferred quickly to the adult court and handled as adults.
Question #9
A provides the best possible supervision and counseling to the youth
B screens referral to the court carefully
C conducts a fact-finding study on the youth
D maintains a file on each probationer
Question #10
A Station adjustment
B Citation and referral to juvenile court
C Referral to a diversion agency
D Detention
Question #11
A right to trial by jury
B right to access to the courts
C right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment
D right to treatment
Question #12
A a day-treatment center
B a halfway house
C house arrest
D Outward Bound
Question #13
A rehabilitation of criminals
B change in behavior or attitude
C restoration of law and order
D fairness for victims in the system
Question #14
A the sophistication and maturity of the juvenile
B the cross-examination of witnesses
C the seriousness of the alleged offense to the community
D the prosecutorial merit of the complaint
Question #15
A judicial waiver
B disposition hearing
C revocation
D statutory exclusion
Question #16
A detention center
B attention homes
C shelter care
D home detention
Question #17
A that it is individualized and includes graduated sanctions
B that cases are diverted to alternative systems
C that victims have access to services they need
D that all court staff is adequately trained to handle it
Question #18
A National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups
B Juvenile Court Act
C Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
D Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
Question #19
A surveillance
B Wisconsin system
C social study report
D restorative justice model
Question #20
A aftercare
B dispositional hearing
C adjudicatory hearing
D petition
Question #21
A lower-class youth
B rural youth
C white youth
D urban youth
Question #22
A The cost of justice would likely be reduced.
B Crime would ultimately be reduced.
C Crime would likely remain constant
D The system would be unmanageable.
Question #23
A right to notice of charges
B double jeopardy
C right to remain silent
D right to a jury trial
Question #24
A Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
B Law Enforcement Education (LRE)
C School Program to Educate and Control Drug Abuse (SPECDA)
D Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.)
Question #25
A Socioeconomic statistics are not gathered.
B Juveniles who get in trouble with the law are usually of the same socioeconomic group.
C It is usually studied together with race.
D It is not related to crime.
Question #26
A boot camps
B ranches and wilderness camps
C public training schools
D reception and diagnostic centers
Question #27
A Miranda reading
B intervention
C fingerprinting
D interrogation
Question #28
A identity verification system
B group monitoring unit
C global positioning system
D victim notification system
Question #29
A The juvenile judge should occasionally “put his arm around [the delinquent’s] shoulder and draw the lad to him.”
B The youths brought before the court should be given the same care, supervision, and discipline as would be provided by a good parent.
C The lawyers need not accompany the delinquent as the civil proceedings were informal hearings.
D reintegration
Question #30
A the learning of criminal mores and behaviors in prison
B the increased focus on rehabilitation in the adult system
C the sense of maturity juveniles feel about being tried and convicted as adults
D the increased likelihood of juvenile victimization in the adult system
Question #31
A Juveniles could not be held in institutions that did not provide for their rehabilitation.
B Use of isolation, hand restraints, and tranquilizing drugs must be barred.
C Children require safeguards in juvenile court.
D Solitary confinement and strip cells should not be used as tools of punishment.
Question #32
A broker role
B enforcer role
C detector role
D enabler role
Question #33
A filing of a petition
B consent decree
C outright dismissal
D informal adjustment
Question #34
A a group of police officers who have all gone undercover to infiltrate gangs
B a permanent police unit specially tasked to work on gang problems
C a citizen task force formed to deal with a specific gang problem
D officers temporarily pulled from detective units or juvenile units to work on gangs
Question #35
A state or private training school
B day-treatment program
C community-based residential program
D institutionalization in a mental hospital
Question #36
A In re Gault
B Morales v. Turman
C Inmates of the Boys’ Training School v. Affleck
D Pena v. New York State Division for Youth
Question #37
A minimum standards for visitation during solitary confinement
B minimum standards for delivering medical and psychiatric care
C minimum standards for assessing and testing children committed to the state
D minimum standards for delivering vocational education
Question #38
A Juveniles are not entitled to the right of jury trials.
B The press may report juvenile court proceedings under certain circumstances.
C The constitutional privilege against self-incrimination is as applicable in the case of juveniles as it is with respect to adults.
D Juveniles are entitled to proof beyond a reasonable doubt during the adjudication proceedings.
Question #39
A half-way houses
B probation
C the cottage system
D diversion programs
Question #40
A intensive supervision programs
B family-integrated transitions
C aggression replacement training
D multisystemic therapy
Question #41
A Limit the enormous discretion granted to juvenile justice practitioners.
B Divert youthful offenders from voluntary services into the justice system.
C Decriminalize status offenses.
D Make training schools safer and more humane.
Question #42
A American Indian youths are less likely than African American or Asian American youths to be arrested for alcohol offenses.
B Juvenile property crime data show that African American youths are less involved in such offenses than white youths.
C Official data disproves disproportionate involvement in nonlethal violence on the part of African American youths.
D The rates of juvenile homicide are higher for minorities than for white youthful offenders.
Question #43
A drastic modifications in juvenile justice system
B zero-dependency on technology
C sparing use of evidence-based practices
D expansion of restorative justice
Question #44
A decriminalization of status offenses
B an integrated criminal court with a youth discount
C determinate and mandatory sentencing
D transferring juveniles to the adult court for all proceedings
Question #45
A to reduce drug use
B to teach law-related education
C to improve police-juvenile relations
D to reduce gang membership
Question #46
A Youthful offenders are sent back to the same communities.
B There is a lack of available aftercare programs.
C There is a lack of trained personnel working as probation officers.
D Trained probation officers are not equipped to handle offenders.