In colonial America what legal avenue would permit a youth to be put to death if he or
she could not be controlled by his or her parents?
a. Chancery Court Act
b. Wayward Minors Act
c. Parens PatriaeDoctrine
d. Massachusetts Stubborn Child Law
By segregating delinquent children from adult offenders, society has placed greater
importance on the delinquent being a child rather than being a criminal.
a. True
b. False
“Developed countries” refers to those which have developed significant amounts of
juvenile violence.
a. True
b. False
Dealing with juvenile offenders creates role conflicts for many police departments.
a. True
b. False
An inner-city playground is covered in graffiti, the playground equipment is broken,
and there are known drug dealers who traverse the playground; these factors suggest
that community conditions contribute to the high delinquency rate found in the area.
a. True
b. False
The creation of the House of Refuge was largely due to the efforts of the _____.
a. Quakers
b. Mormons
c. Catholics
d. Protestants
The Japanese term hikikomori means _____.
a. freedom fighter
b. gang member
c. those who isolate themselves
d. Samurai warrior
What, according to Freud, develops through the reality of living in the world and helps
manage and restrain the individual’s need for immediate gratification?
a. Superego
b. Ego
c. Id
d. Personality
______, in the public health approach, focuses on intervening with adjudicated juvenile
offenders through such measures as substance abuse treatment and imprisonment.
a. Primary prevention
b. Secondary prevention
c. Tertiary prevention
d. General prevention
Teens with high IQs and low IQs will commit equal amounts of delinquency.
a. True
b. False
War crimes are an example of transnational crimes.
a. True
b. False
It is reported that economic stagnation has not affected the rise in international youth
violence.
a. True
b. False
In 1912, the U.S. Children’s Bureau was formed as the first state child welfare agency.
a. True
b. False
The waiver process in juvenile justice proceedings is used_____.
a. to transfer juvenile cases to adult courts
b. by juvenile judges to release juvenile defendants
c. to allow defendants to waive their due process rights
d. by juvenile detention facilities to release juvenile offenders
Highly structured counseling in which a therapist helps a juvenile solve conflicts and
make a more positive adjustment to society is called reality therapy.
a. True
b. False
_____ focused on the effects of an early preventive intervention program for 6-year-old
boys from poor neighborhoods who were aggressive and hyperactive.
a. Mobilization for Youth (MOBY)
b. Chicago Area Project
c. Montreal Longitudinal-Experimental Study
d. Boston’s Mid-City Project
A reform school is an example of a secure juvenile correctional facility.
a. True
b. False
The requirement that juvenile offenders assist worthwhile local groups for a period of
time is called_____________.
a. monetary restitution
b. community service restitution
c. victim service restitution
d. just desserts restitution
Ego identity and role diffusion are essentially the same concept.
a. True
b. False
To complete the presentation, Wally must find a data source that includes a brief
account of each incident as well as victim and offender information. What report would
be best for Wally to use?
a. National Crime Victims Survey (NCVS)
b. Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
c. National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
d. Monitoring the Future survey (MTF)
The work of Cohen aids in explaining the factors that promote and sustain a delinquent
subculture in that social forces, not individual traits, promote and sustain a delinquent
career.
a. True
b. False
The end of apartheid in South Africa has left many broken promises for its youth in
terms of access to education and opportunities for the future.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is considered to be one of the most important longitudinal
studies tracking persistent offenders?
a. Chicago Delinquency Project
b. Wolfgang’s Philadelphia Study
c. Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development
d. Glueck’s Harvard Study
If you wanted to examine the changes in the number of juveniles arrested each year, the
best source of this data would be found in which of the following?
a. Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
b. National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
c. Monitoring the Future survey (MTF)
d. National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
The female delinquency gap between early and late bloomers narrows when the latter
group reaches sexual maturity and has increased exposure to boys.
a. True
b. False
In Santana v. Callazo, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a suit brought by
residents at the Maricao Juvenile Camp in Puerto Rico on the grounds that the
administration had
a. kept them incarcerated past their 18th birthday.
b. not provided adequate meals.
c. unfairly limited medical care.
d. failed to provide them with an individualized rehabilitation plan or adequate
treatment.
Passed in 2009 in Missouri, legislation known as _____ represents one way to help
reduce the dangers presented by drugs to children in the home.
a. Angelina’s Law
b. Burke’s Law
c. Peyton’s Law
d. Hope’s Law
The decreased incidence of females being arrested would suggest which discretionary
factor at play?
a. Racial bias
b. The “dad” effect
c. Gender bias
d. The chivalry effect
The increased incidence of African Americans being arrested would suggest which
discretionary factor at play?
a. Racial bias
b. The “dad” effect
c. Gender bias
d. The chivalry effect
Due process is addressed in the Fifth and _____ Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
a. Fourteenth
b. Second
c. Eighth
d. Fourth
Which of the following theories supports the use of Family Group Conferencing in
deciding the resolution of the delinquent/criminal act?
a. Social control
b. Social reaction
c. Reintegrative shaming
d. Restorative justice
Which generation is described as technology savvy, patriotic as a result of the 9/11
attacks, self-centered, and irresponsible, as well as having an unrealistic view of how
the work world functions?
a. Generation Alpha
b. Generation X
c. Generation Y
d. Generation Z
According to the text, the social process approach has two independent branches; each
branch has its own assumption. These assumptions are (1) that youth are born good and
learn to be bad, and (2) that youth are born bad and must be controlled to be good.
What are the theories that best fit the assumptions?
a. (1) Social learning, (2) social structure
b. (1) Social structure, (2) social ecology
c. (1) Social ecology, (2) social control
d. (1) Social learning, (2) social control
Most drug abusers commit criminal acts ____ they begin using drugs.
Discuss the general principles as put forth by the Seventh U.N. Congress on the
Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. Are there other principles you
believe should be included? Explain.
Discuss how control theories have influenced criminal justice and other public policies
according to the text. Be sure to include examples of programs developed as a result of
control theory. Overall, how valuable do you believe these influences are to youth and
to society in general? Provide a rationale for your view.
_____ want to reduce the court’s jurisdiction over juveniles charged with a serious
crime and liberalize the prosecutor’s ability to try them in adult courts.
Discuss the aspects (i.e., history, constitutional issues) of the Fare v. Michael C. and
California v. Prysock cases. Do you agree or disagree with the Court’s holdings?
Explain.
According to the text, what causes low self-control/impulsivity? Explain why you agree
or disagree with the text.
Regarding gender, police tend to be more lenient toward ______ than ______
committing acts of delinquency.
What, according to the Gluecks, is the most important factor related to persistent
offending?
Identify and describe the strategies implemented with at-risk youth. If you were asked
to fund one of these interventions, which would it be? Provide a rationale for your
choice.
In considering life-course theory, describe how disruption promotes delinquency.
Explain why you agree or disagree with this concept.
Unlike adult proceedings, juvenile proceedings are not considered ____.
_____ children are those who fall under a jurisdictional age limit and who commit an
act in violation of the penal code.
Discuss how gender differences affect the way youth are treated by the juvenile justice
system. Explain why you agree or disagree with this premise.
What refers to the process by which an established culture teaches an individual its
norms and values, thus enabling the individual to become an accepted member of
society?
What does ‘stigmatize” mean?
What is the view that lower-class individuals form a separate culture within their own
values and norms and that these values and norms are at times in conflict with
conventional society?
What pathway to delinquent deviance begins at an early age with stubborn behavior,
and leads to defiance and then to authority avoidance?