Deck 11: Juvenile Corrections: Institutional and Residental

Question 1

?What is the most punitive sanction available in the juvenile justice system?

A) Juvenile probation programs
B) Juvenile diversion programs
C) Juvenile training schools
D) None of the Above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

There were more ________facilities than _________ facilities serving juvenile delinquents.

A) Public; Private
B) New; Older
C) Private; Public
D) None of the Above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What are the main types of community-based residential programs?

A) Group homes, foster care and day treatment programs.
B) Different diversion programs
C) YMCA, foster care and day treatment programs.
D) None of the Above

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The proportion of taxpayer dollars that goes to corrections has __________ at a higher rate than the proportion allocated for education.

A) Increased
B) Decreased
C) Stabilized
D) None of the Above

Question 5

Public facilities house most of the juvenile offenders adjudicated for person offences such as…

A) Homicide and Robbery
B) Aggravated assault
C) Weapons Charges
D) All of the Above

Question 6

Group homes serve as an alternative to?

A) Probation
B) Incarceration
C) Juvenile training
D) Both A and B

Question 7

A study of trends of children in custody found that the average length of stay for juveniles in a residential facility was how long?

A) 2 Months
B) 3 Months
C) 4 Months
D) 5 Months

Question 8

Community corrections refer to what?

A) Refers to the adjudication of delinquents.
B) Refers to the supervision of adjudicated delinquents in the community on juvenile probation.
C) Challenge the reverse waiver of adjudicated delinquency in the community on juvenile probation.
D) None of the Above

Question 9

Despite the goals of treatment, juvenile training schools remain institutional settings marked by what?

A) Authoritarian oppression
B) Oppression and tyranny
C) Fear and torture
D) Oppressiveness and fear

Question 10

Boot camps were developed as a part of what trend?

A) Toward more harsh treatment for juvenile offenders.
B) Toward rehabilitation for juvenile offenders
C) Toward more punishment for juvenile offenders
D) None of the above.

Question 11

Many training schools do have some good programs, which include?

A) Medical and dental care
B) An accredited school and vocational training
C) Recreation and treatment programs.
D) All of the Above

Question 12

What are day treatment programs?

A) They are residential programs that offer delinquent youth education and counseling activities.
B) They are nonresidential programs that only offer delinquent youth education and counseling activities.
C) They are nonresidential programs that offer delinquent youth a variety of educational, counseling and recreational activities.
D) None of the Above

Question 13

Incarceration of juvenile offenders is very costly and does little to reduce what?

A) Juvenile Corrections.
B) Juvenile Detention.
C) Juvenile Probation
D) Juvenile Crime

Question 14

What types of physical structure of juvenile training schools are there?

A) Cottage settings, open dormitories, and maximum-security facilities.
B) Open dormitories, and maximum-security facilities.
C) Cottage settings, and open dormitories.
D) None of the Above

Question 15

From 1960 to 1986, state and local spending per capita __________for corrections.

A) Increased
B) Decreased
C) Stabilized
D) None of the Above

Question 16

The number of delinquent offenders in residential facilities __________ from 2000 to 2002.

A) Increased
B) Decreased
C) Stabilized
D) None of the Above

Question 17

Despite any good intentions of treatment or "training," staff of a juvenile training school must first be concerned about what?

A) Maintaining only order
B) Maintaining security and supervision over the residents
C) Maintaining only supervision over the residents
D) None of the Above

Question 18

The correctional reform movement of the 1970s was unfortunately replaced by what approach?

A) Rehabilitation approach
B) "Get-tough" approach
C) Probation approach
D) Incarceration approach

Question 19

The field of corrections is the third major component of the what?

A) Juvenile Justice system
B) Proportionately system
C) Probation system
D) None of the Above

Question 20

For offences such as drug offencesother than trafficking), the public facility population __________ but the private facility population ____________.

A) Increased; Decreased
B) Decreased; Increased
C) Stabilized; Increased
D) None of the Above

Question 21

Several states have developed wilderness camps as alternatives to placement in a correctional facility

Question 22

VisionQuest is a survival program based in Tucson, Arizona.

Question 23

Overall, boot camps have been found to be more effective than traditional juvenile training schools.

Question 24

Briefly discuss the effectiveness of juvenile corrections.

Question 25

Measures of the effectiveness of juvenile corrections should also assess the quality of programs.

Question 26

Day treatment programs are more expensive to operate because they are nonresidential and require more staff members.

Question 27

Briefly discuss the future trends in juvenile corrections.

Question 28

Wilderness programs are also used in conjunction with probation conditions.

Question 29

Wilderness camps are also known as "outward bound."

Question 30

There is no unanimous agreement on how to assess correctional outcome.

Question 31

One of the goals for community corrections is to enforce court-ordered sanctions.

Question 32

One of the goals for community corrections is to assess an offender's suitability for placement.

Question 33

Compare and contrast boot camp programs with wilderness programs and their effectiveness.

Question 34

Discuss the issues that a disproportionate minority confinement creates in juvenile corrections.

Question 35

While assessment of program effectiveness is important, corrections researchers acknowledge that recidivism remains the most common measure of effectiveness.

Question 36

One of the goals for community corrections is to protect and serve the community.

Question 37

Minority youth accounted for 7 of 10 juveniles held in custody for a violent offense in 1999.

Question 38

Boot camps are alternative to correctional facilities; they house youths for periods of 9 to 12 months.

Question 39

The state of Minnesota has operated a camp for offenders who complied with probation conditions.