Deck 3: Status Offending

Question 1

Until recently, states would often intervene in the circumstances of a child, a doctrine known as

A) state authority.
B) court prevention.
C) parental validation.
D) parens patriae.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act made a distinction between

A) status offenders and status defenders.
B) status offenders and juvenile delinquents.
C) status defenders and juvenile delinquents.
D) juvenile delinquents and adult criminals.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is an amendment to the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act?

A) Track and remedy racial biases.
B) Lower the age for a person to be tried as an adult.
C) Prosecute parents for their delinquent children.
D) All of these were amendments.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The process whereby a juvenile court classifies a status offender as a delinquent after repeated violations of the same offense is called

A) circumvention.
B) truancy.
C) bootstrapping.
D) hidden delinquency.

Question 5

Which status offense would be most relevant to court jurisdiction?

A) underage smoking
B) underage drinking
C) truancy
D) running away

Question 6

A young person who is asked to leave home by a parent or other adult and prevented from returning is known as a __________

A) homeless youth.
B) throwaway youth.
C) non-residential youth.
D) hidden delinquent.

Question 7

Which of the following often contributes to a youth's decision to run away?

A) family stability
B) residential stability
C) age
D) economic problems

Question 8

Which groups consistently have the highest truancy and dropout rates of all students?

A) Black Americans and Asians
B) Black Americans and Latinos/Hispanics
C) Native Americans and Latinos/Hispanics
D) Caucasians and Latinos/Hispanics

Question 9

According to the National School Safety Center, how many high-school students skip school because they feel unsafe?

A) 5%
B) 10%
C) 20%
D) 25%

Question 10

A girl teenager who repeatedly does not obey her parents could be labeled

A) chronic.
B) .incorrigible.
C) habitual.
D) disobedient

Question 11

Which of the following contributes to lower occurrences of truancy?

A) larger families
B) smaller families
C) child independence
D) parental involvement

Question 12

The "stubborn child" offense-an early solution to delinquency-was first passed in Massachusetts in

A) 1971.
B) 1929.
C) 1776.
D) 1654

Question 13

________ is a strong predictor of the likelihood that a youth will overcome poverty and become independent.

Question 14

Students who skip school are known as __________

Question 15

The status offense routinely ignored by police, because the juveniles are rarely punished is ___________.

Question 16

___________ is a type of status offender mostly likely to be held in a locked facility.

Question 17

In __________(what year) all states required to increase the drinking age to 21.

Question 18

About _________(how many) Americans die each year from smoking-related diseases?

Question 19

According to the available statistics on drug use, _________ presents the biggest threat to American teens

Question 20

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, higher rates of truancy are found in ___________ schools.

Question 21

Curfew violations are considered status offenses because ___________.

Question 22

One of the problems with curfews is that __________.

Question 23

Drinking alcohol during the early teen years often results in a teen becoming a binge drinker in college.

Question 24

Tobacco companies shifted their marketing of their products to young people by creating e-cigarettes. market their products to young people?

Question 25

Curfews are often considered controversial because they target non-minority youths.

Question 26

A common trend in delinquency is that offenders are attempting to represent themselves.

Question 27

Parents can be penalized under some anti-truancy programs if their child violates the rules.

Question 28

Along with trends relating to criminal offenses for juveniles, fewer offenders for status offenses have resulted in detention.

Question 29

Curfew violations are considered criminal offenses for juveniles.

Question 30

Underage drinking is primarily a problem for minority youth.

Question 31

Most teens who run away are doing it to flee a violent home situation.

Question 32

According to recent data, despite lower rates of cigarette use by teens, there is still a large percentage of youth who start smoking every year.