Deck 17: Juveniles and Corrections

Question 1

Approximately 15% of arrests for ______ are attributable to juveniles.

A) rape
B) murder
C) burglary
D) property

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following are types of juvenile waivers?

A) judicial waiver
B) prosecutorial waiver
C) statutory waiver
D) all of these

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Parens Patriae gave the state the right to intercede on behalf of:

A) children and parents
B) the elderly and their care givers
C) the mentally ill and institutions
D) drug addicts and their sponsors

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following are constitutional due process rights granted to juveniles?

A) the right to proper notification of changes.
B) the right to legal counsel.
C) the right to appellate review.
D) all of these

Question 5

Which of the following are part of the three-pronged goal of the juvenile justice system?

A) providing treatment
B) securing restitution
C) protecting the parents
D) providing transparency

Question 6

Christopher regularly disobeys his parents and was recently caught smoking and drinking by a police officer. Christopher has committed which of the following offenses?

A) status offense
B) drug offense
C) violent offense
D) property offense

Question 7

The drop in the black _____ rate is noteworthy.

A) homicide
B) arson
C) robbery
D) burglary

Question 8

The age-crime curve reflects a sharp increase in offending beginning in

A) late adulthood
B) early adulthood
C) mid-adolescence
D) early adolescence

Question 9

The age-crime curve reflects a peak in

A) late adulthood
B) early adulthood
C) mid-adolescence
D) early adolescence

Question 10

The age-crime curve reflects a steep decline in

A) late adulthood
B) early adulthood
C) mid-adolescence
D) early adolescence

Question 11

Which of the following has been noted "the most important regularity in criminology"?

A) the age-crime curve
B) parens patriae
C) waives
D) the crime rate

Question 12

Life-course persistence (LCP) offenders begin offending

A) prior to puberty
B) early adulthood
C) mid adulthood
D) mid adolescence

Question 13

Adolescent-limited offenders tent to commit offenses, such as

A) petty theft
B) assault
C) robbery
D) rape

Question 14

Life-course persistent offenders tent to commit crimes, such as

A) robbery
B) petty theft
C) vandalism
D) jaywalking

Question 15

Juveniles become increasingly more likely to be waived if they are chronic offenders approaching the upper age limit of their juvenile court's jurisdiction.

Question 16

The age-crime curve is formed from the statistical count of the number of known crimes committed in a population over a given period according to age.

Question 17

The greatest success of neuroscience research into the adolescent brain has been the elimination of the juvenile death penalty.

Question 18

The majority of the states use the judicial waver.

Question 19

There will always be some juveniles who require more extensive supervision and treatment than others.

Question 20

By 1945, every state in the union had established juvenile court systems

Question 21

What are amicus curiae briefs?

Question 22

Describe Parens Patriae.

Question 23

Define delinquents.

Question 24

What do CHINS and PINS stand for?

Question 25

Define restorative justice.

Question 26

What types of residential facilities are provided to juveniles?

Question 27

When do life-course persistent offenders begin offending?

Question 28

Discuss the three Supreme Court cases that have dealt with juvenile due process rights.

Question 29

Highlight some of the juvenile terminology that is different from the adult system. Why is this? Do you think the two should be different?

Question 30

Discuss what neuroscience has contributed to the understanding of the age crime curve. Include the four key messages highlighted in your book.