Exam 10: Juvenile Probation

The percentage of adjudicated delinquency cases resulting in probation varies by type of offense, age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

Probation involves the ____________ release into the community of an alleged or adjudicated juvenile offender by a judicial official.

The following questions are on Reading 10.1: Schwalbe and Maschi (2011). -Schwalbe and Mashi's (2011) research findings suggestion that POs employ some type of confrontation in about half of their contacts with youths.

Informal probation for juvenile cases that are not petitioned usually involves:

What is the most commonly used disposition and correctional intervention with juvenile offenders?

The following questions are on Reading 10.2: Guy et al. (2015). -Which of the following is not one of the two most widely researched risk assessment instrument used in the juvenile justice system?

The innovation in probation supervision that typically involves the use of electronic monitoring devices (at least in initial phases), a specified number of contacts per week, mandatory school and work checks, random urinalysis, and a required number of community service hours is called:

The following questions are on Reading 10.2: Guy et al. (2015). -Research examining implementation factors with risk assessment tools in juvenile probation found that merely teaching probation officers how to reliably complete an evidence-based risk assessment tool did not ensure that they would use the tool in their decisions.

The following questions are on Reading 10.2: Guy et al. (2015). -What is the primary goal of assessing risk, according to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974?

The following questions are on Reading 10.1: Schwalbe and Maschi (2011). -Their findings also indicate that the use of client-centered approaches were far less common among POs.

Evaluation research clearly shows that probation supervision alone, including intensive supervision, does not work, but must be combined with treatment services to reduce recidivism.

__________ is a brief process that can be conducted by laymen or trained clinicians to identify immediate behavioral health needs.

The probation supervision style associated with the "professionalization" of probation, that relies upon assessment, treatment plans, and individual counseling is:

Probation officers perform a number of important tasks in the juvenile justice process, including:

Probation was the most restrictive disposition used in almost two-thirds of the delinquency that were cases adjudicated in 2014.

The probation rules and requirements that are designed to regulate behavior and are customized to the juvenile delinquent and his/her offense(s) are called:

Upon the finding that probation conditions have been violated, the judge may:

The following questions are on Reading 10.1: Schwalbe and Maschi (2011). -What is the focus of Schwalbe and Mashi's (2011) research?

__________ uses multiple sources of information, but is based most extensively on standardized mental health assessment instruments that are given my trained clinicians.