Question 1

Which of the following would be considered a status offense?&#10;A) Curfew violation&#10;B) Public intoxication&#10;C) Burglary&#10;D) All of the above are status offenses&#10;E) None of the above are status offenses

Accepted Answer

A status offense is an act that is only considered illegal because of the offender's age, such as skipping school or violating curfew. Public intoxication and burglary are not status offenses.

Question 2

The Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act mandated:&#10;A) Juveniles be institutionalized after committing a violent act&#10;B) Status offenders be removed from secure detention facilities&#10;C) Juveniles have the right to a jury trial&#10;D) A separate juvenile justice system be created

Accepted Answer

The Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act mandated that status offenders (juveniles who committed offenses that would not be considered criminal if committed by an adult, such as truancy or running away from home) could not be placed in secure detention facilities or adult jails. This act did not mandate institutionalization for violent acts or the creation of a separate juvenile justice system. It also did not grant juveniles the right to a jury trial.

Question 3

Which of the following is not a due process right of juvenile offenders?&#10;A) Juveniles have the right to a jury trial&#10;B) Juveniles have the right to a hearing before waiver to adult court&#10;C) Juveniles required some due process in juvenile proceedings&#10;D) Juvenile courts be held to the &#34;beyond reasonable doubt&#34; standard

Accepted Answer

Juveniles typically do not have the right to a jury trial in juvenile court proceedings. The juvenile justice system is designed to be more rehabilitative than punitive, and as such, many of the procedural rights afforded to adults, such as jury trials, are not extended to juveniles.

Question 4

Which of the following statements accurately represents juvenile crime?&#10;A) Juvenile crime has risen over the past ten years&#10;B) While the number of juvenile crime has decreased, their percentage of total arrests has increased&#10;C) Juvenile violent crime has decreased, but property crime has increased&#10;D) Juvenile violent and property crime has decreased

Accepted Answer

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, juvenile crime has been declining in recent years. Both juvenile violent crime and property crime have decreased.

Question 5

Juveniles typically have less due process guarantees than adults

Accepted Answer

Juveniles are typically not afforded all of the same due process rights as adults, such as the right to a jury trial or the right to bail. This is because the juvenile justice system is intended to focus more on rehabilitation and addressing the needs of the juvenile offender, rather than punishing them in the same way as adult offenders.

Question 6

While adult crime has decreased in previous years, juvenile crime has continued to increase.

Accepted Answer

This statement is false. According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, both adult and juvenile crime rates have decreased in recent years.

Question 7

Minority juveniles are more likely to receive some form of detention rather than probation.

Accepted Answer

Studies have shown that minority juveniles are more likely to be detained rather than receive probation, even when taking into account factors such as offense type and prior criminal history. This disparity in the juvenile justice system has raised concerns about racial and ethnic bias.

Question 8

A waiver refers to when a juvenile is referred to community corrections

Accepted Answer

A waiver typically refers to the legal process of transferring a juvenile from the juvenile court system to the adult criminal court system, not to community corrections.

Deck 10: Juvenile Justice and Corrections