Deck 18: Juvenile Justice Ethical Issues: How Should We Treat Juveniles

Question 1

Beginning in the 1990s, juvenile offenders:

A) were increasingly engaged in violent crime
B) committed crime at younger ages
C) were increasingly being transferred to adult court
D) all of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to the text, which of the following programs are effective at reducing juvenile crime?

A) boot camps
B) shock incarceration
C) education programs
D) all of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following groups have the highest rate of suicide in jail?

A) elderly
B) youths
C) men
D) women

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was unconstitutional for juveniles in the decision:

A) Graham v. Florida
B) Roper v. Simmons
C) Miller v. Alabama
D) State v. Stewart

Question 5

Which of the following sentences would be constitutional?

A) a sentence of death for a juvenile who killed an elderly man
B) a sentence of life without parole for a juvenile convicted of drug smuggling
C) an automatic sentence of life without parole for a juvenile who killed his best friend
D) a discretionary sentence of life without parole for a juvenile who killed his mother

Question 6

Which of the following statements would most likely be attributed to a deontologist?

A) The justice system has a duty to protect juvenile offenders who are a vulnerable population within the adult correctional system
B) Retaining a juvenile justice system founded on the principle of parens patriae and expanding an ethic of care are preferable outcomes.
C) The justice system should strive to become more fully aware of the "bigger picture" in terms of the broad range of possible solutions to juvenile crime.
D) Juveniles should be punished harshly because of the pain caused to the victim.

Question 7

________ethics can be used to argue that the "get tough" philosophy of processing juvenile offenders should be abandoned.

A) Utilitarian
B) Peacemaking
C) Religious
D) all of the above

Question 8

The juvenile concept of parens patriae would suggest that the ultimate goal of punishment would be to:

A) reconcile with the child
B) punish the child as an adult
C) give the child no punishment at all
D) respect the victim by keeping the child incarcerated

Question 9

Media coverage of youth crime tends to________.

A) focus on stories of gang violence and murder
B) focus on stories related to the offender's background
C) focus on stories regarding youth status offenses
D) focus on the rehabilitative promise of juvenile offenders

Question 10

Miller v. Alabama (2012) ruled that:

A) the death penalty was unconstitutional for juveniles
B) juveniles cannot receive a life without parole sentence for a nonhomicide offense
C) mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional
D) juveniles who are housed in adult facilities must be segregated from the adult offenders

Question 11

Studies show that the public largely favors differential treatment of juvenile and adult offenders.

Question 12

Every state currently has a mechanism in place to process juvenile offenders as adults.

Question 13

Juveniles transferred to adult court are less likely to recidivate than those that are processed by the juvenile court.

Question 14

Jails tend to offer more rehabilitation programs than prisons.

Question 15

Juveniles housed in adult correctional facilities are required to be segregated from adults.

Question 16

Youth arrests for violent crimes are relatively rare.

Question 17

According to the text, there seems to be a growing trend to house juveniles in adult prisons.

Question 18

Suicide rates by juveniles are greater among juveniles housed in adult jails rather than a juvenile detention center.

Question 19

The United States is the only country in the world that permits life without parole sentenced for juveniles.

Question 20

Most murderers who are released from prison commit new felonies within three years of release.

Question 21

Life without parole sentences are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders