Exam 14: Juvenile Justice

The juvenile court system is based on an unrealistic assumption: that age is an appropriate indicator of adult behavior.What is a more realistic assumption? What should we do?

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Question 41

A __________ is a long-term non-secure facility that allows juveniles to attend school and maintain employment in the community.

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Question 42

A juvenile's __________,or apprehension,is similar to an adult's arrest.

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Question 43

A constitutional provision that a person cannot be criminally prosecuted twice for the same offense is referred to as __________.

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Question 44

A __________ is a short-term facility that screens sentenced juveniles for assignment to an appropriate level of custody.

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Question 45

Far more girls than boys are arrested for delinquency,although their numbers are declining slowly.

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Question 46

Using self-report surveys,males were found to engage in such offenses as _________ only twice as often as females.

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Question 47

The view that juvenile law violations are a sign that parents cannot or will not take care of their child adequately and that it is up to the state to step in and act in his or her best interests,thus preventing future misbehavior is called __________.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 48

__________ are undesirable behaviors that are unlawful only for juveniles,including habitual truancy,curfew violations,repeated running away,and ungovernability or incorrigibility in failing to respond to the reasonable requests of parents.

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Question 49

Self-report studies have shown that juveniles most often commit crimes that involve voluntary participation by the victim and the offender,such as drug use,fornication,gambling,alcohol use,and prostitution.

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Question 50

The philosophy of parens patriae meant that the state should not punish children for their criminal behavior but instead should try to help them control themselves and prevent future criminality.

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Question 51

A _________ is a short-term non-secure facility that operates like a detention center but within a physically unrestricted environment.

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Question 52

Despite the overall decline in the number of juveniles taken into custody,an increasing proportion of juvenile suspects are being handled more severely.Please explain both (a)why and (b)how.

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The juvenile court system is based on an unrealistic assumption: that age is an appropriate indicator of adult behavior.What is a more realistic assumption? What should we do?

A __________ is a long-term non-secure facility that allows juveniles to attend school and maintain employment in the community.

A juvenile's __________,or apprehension,is similar to an adult's arrest.

A constitutional provision that a person cannot be criminally prosecuted twice for the same offense is referred to as __________.

A __________ is a short-term facility that screens sentenced juveniles for assignment to an appropriate level of custody.

Far more girls than boys are arrested for delinquency,although their numbers are declining slowly.

Using self-report surveys,males were found to engage in such offenses as _________ only twice as often as females.

The view that juvenile law violations are a sign that parents cannot or will not take care of their child adequately and that it is up to the state to step in and act in his or her best interests,thus preventing future misbehavior is called __________.

__________ are undesirable behaviors that are unlawful only for juveniles,including habitual truancy,curfew violations,repeated running away,and ungovernability or incorrigibility in failing to respond to the reasonable requests of parents.

Self-report studies have shown that juveniles most often commit crimes that involve voluntary participation by the victim and the offender,such as drug use,fornication,gambling,alcohol use,and prostitution.

The philosophy of parens patriae meant that the state should not punish children for their criminal behavior but instead should try to help them control themselves and prevent future criminality.

A _________ is a short-term non-secure facility that operates like a detention center but within a physically unrestricted environment.

Despite the overall decline in the number of juveniles taken into custody,an increasing proportion of juvenile suspects are being handled more severely.Please explain both (a)why and (b)how.

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