Question 1

Which of the following behaviors is NOT a law violation when committed by a juvenile?

Accepted Answer

A)   curfew violations
B)   runaway behavior
C)   incorrigibility
D)   multiple body piercingsE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

The most severe form of treatment of juveniles is the belief that juveniles who commit serious crimes or continue to break the law are presumed to deserve punishment rather than treatment. These juveniles are punished more like ________ that juveniles.

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Question 3

By the early 2000s, the use of guns had spread from individuals involved in drug transactions to larger numbers of young people, and the availability and use of guns, the spread of the drug market, and the growth of street gangs all contributed to a dramatic rise in murder rates among young people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  TRUE

Question 4

Match each theme of the text with each theme of the text description.
-Delinquency prevention

Accepted Answer

A)   Examines risk factors that contribute to delinquent behavior and asks how such behavior affects subsequent life experiences.
B)   Asks what can be done to improve the quality of young people's lives and provides ideas for effectively treating and controlling youth crime.
C)   Can be accomplished by effective social programs, or it may involve efforts to enhance the personal characteristics that shield young people from negative environmental influences as they are growing up.D) B) and C)
E) A) and C)

Question 5

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDA) of 1974 served as an impetus for the ________ of status offenders.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Of the 25 million adolescents in the United States, approximately one in ________ is at high risk for engaging in multiple problem behaviors.

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Question 7

Status offenders frequently come from single-parent homes and often engage in verbal and physical abuse directed toward the parent(s).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  TRUE

Question 8

What factors do you think might propel a status offender into more severe kinds of offenses?

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Question 9

Miller v. Alabama (2016) made retroactive the end of life without parole for those sentenced as juveniles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The deinstitutionalization of status offenders movement refers to the ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   confinement of status offenders in secure detention facilities
B)   removal of status offenders from secure detention facilities
C)   power struggle between parents and status offenders
D)   discrimination against female status offendersE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Until child labor laws were actually enforced, children as young as ages four and five worked in mines, mills, and factories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Public whippings and expulsion from the community were common punishments for chronic offenders during the Reform Agenda era.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In 41 states and the District of Columbia, persons under ________ years of age charged with a law violation are considered juveniles.

Accepted Answer

A)   15
B)   16
C)   17
D)   18E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a term used to describe crossover youth?

Accepted Answer

A)   dually adjudicated youth
B)   cross-system cases
C)   human agency cases
D)   dual-jurisdiction casesE) All of the above
F) A) and B) C

Question 15

Match each juvenile delinquency with its description to historical era of societal response.
-A New Understanding of Juvenile Behavior Emerges

Accepted Answer

A)   (late 1970s)  The major purpose of this plan was to divert the handling of status offenses from a criminal to a noncriminal setting.
B)   (1990-2010)  The "get tough"Attitude toward violent juveniles led to a number of juvenile justice initiatives in the 1990s and extending to the twenty-first century that went beyond those implemented in the 1980s.
C)   (1980s)  The major thrusts were to reassess the soft-line approach to minor offenders and status offenders and to "get tough"On serious and violent juvenile crime.
D)   (1967-1975)  In several court decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court granted juveniles due process rights in the juvenile justice system.
E)   (1636-1823)  The family was the primary means of social control of children; recalcitrant children then suffered public whippings, dunking (partial drowning) , and the stocks.F)  (1824-1898)  Wayward children were placed in facilities intended to reform them.G)  (2010 to present)  Increased understanding of juvenile behavior resulting from studies in neurobiology and developmental psychology that recognized significant differences between the minds of juveniles and adults.H)  (1899-1966)  Created in Cook County, Illinois, and used parens patriae as a legal philosophy, this court handles all illegal behaviors among juveniles.I) A) and C)
J) G) and H)

Question 16

In the early 1990s, which of the following became a major impetus for the development and spread of drug-trafficking street gangs across the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   crack epidemic
B)   parental control
C)   deinstitutionalization of juveniles
D)   unemployment epidemicE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Juvenile court codes specify the conditions under which states can ________ intervene in a juvenile's life.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Juvenile court codes specify the conditions under...

Question 18

Beginning in the 1980s and continuing through today, young people became increasingly involved in various forms of ________ crimes, or crimes committed because of a victim's racial or ethnic characteristics, or religious or gender preferences.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Beginning in the 1980s and continuing through...

Question 19

The ________ of delinquency can be accomplished by effective social programs, or it may involve efforts to enhance the personal characteristics that shield young people from negative environmental influences as they are growing up.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ________ of delinquency can be accomplished...

Question 20

The three themes in the study of delinquency are delinquency prevention, delinquency across the life course, and delinquency and ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   historical policy
B)   economic policy
C)   social policy
D)   legal policyE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Exam 1: Adolescence and Delinquency

Which of the following behaviors is NOT a law violation when committed by a juvenile?

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The most severe form of treatment of juveniles is the belief that juveniles who commit serious crimes or continue to break the law are presumed to deserve punishment rather than treatment. These juveniles are punished more like ________ that juveniles.

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By the early 2000s, the use of guns had spread from individuals involved in drug transactions to larger numbers of young people, and the availability and use of guns, the spread of the drug market, and the growth of street gangs all contributed to a dramatic rise in murder rates among young people.

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Match each theme of the text with each theme of the text description. -Delinquency prevention

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The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDA) of 1974 served as an impetus for the ________ of status offenders.

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Of the 25 million adolescents in the United States, approximately one in ________ is at high risk for engaging in multiple problem behaviors.

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Status offenders frequently come from single-parent homes and often engage in verbal and physical abuse directed toward the parent(s).

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What factors do you think might propel a status offender into more severe kinds of offenses?

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Miller v. Alabama (2016) made retroactive the end of life without parole for those sentenced as juveniles.

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The deinstitutionalization of status offenders movement refers to the ________.

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Until child labor laws were actually enforced, children as young as ages four and five worked in mines, mills, and factories.

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Public whippings and expulsion from the community were common punishments for chronic offenders during the Reform Agenda era.

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In 41 states and the District of Columbia, persons under ________ years of age charged with a law violation are considered juveniles.

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Which of the following is NOT a term used to describe crossover youth?

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Match each juvenile delinquency with its description to historical era of societal response. -A New Understanding of Juvenile Behavior Emerges

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In the early 1990s, which of the following became a major impetus for the development and spread of drug-trafficking street gangs across the United States?

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Juvenile court codes specify the conditions under which states can ________ intervene in a juvenile's life.

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Beginning in the 1980s and continuing through today, young people became increasingly involved in various forms of ________ crimes, or crimes committed because of a victim's racial or ethnic characteristics, or religious or gender preferences.

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The ________ of delinquency can be accomplished by effective social programs, or it may involve efforts to enhance the personal characteristics that shield young people from negative environmental influences as they are growing up.

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The three themes in the study of delinquency are delinquency prevention, delinquency across the life course, and delinquency and ________.

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