Ch10 Verified Test Bank Juveniles And The Criminal Justice

CHAPTER 10:

Juveniles and the Criminal Justice System

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which of the following is true
   1. each state has its own definition of delinquency
   2. historically, many states have failed to distinguish between juvenile offenders and those who are victims of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment
   3. status offenders can only be committed by youth
   4. all the above
2. Which of the following is considered a status offense
   1. Running Away
   2. Truancy
   3. Underage Drinking
   4. All the above
3. In Blackstone’s treaty, which of the following were incapable of committing a crime
   1. high school graduates
   2. Infants
   3. Mentally ill adults
   4. none of the above
4. __________ were efforts to help homeless children
   1. Children’s Aid Society
   2. Houses of Refuge
   3. Child Saver’s Movement
   4. Orphan Trains
5. In keeping with the parameters of the juvenile court
   1. proceedings were housed in a separate building
   2. Cases were treated as civil acts
   3. the goal was punishment
   4. All cases were treated as criminal ones
6. Which piece of legislation solidified the role of status offenders in the juvenile justice system?
   1. Barclay Jones Act
   2. the Mann Act
   3. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
   4. all the above
7. Which U.S. Supreme Court case determined the issue of juvenile waivers
   1. Gideon v. Wainwright
   2. in re Gault
   3. McKinnon v. U.S.
   4. Kent v. U.S.
8. Children who lived in families who received food stamps, had low incomes, or lived in public housing were _______to be abused.
   1. twenty times more likely
   2. ten times more likely
   3. fifty times more likely
   4. seven times more likely
9. The overwhelming majority of maltreatment offenders are
   1. siblings
   2. aunts/uncles
   3. boyfriends/girlfriends
   4. parents
10. Black youths represent _____ of all arrests.
    1. half
    2. three-fourths
    3. a third
    4. less than ten percent

True/False Questions

1. T/F According to a recent survey, more than 20 million youth are at risk for suicide, nearly 90% of the juvenile population.
2. T/F Females are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD, Conduct Disorders, and Bipolar Disorder, compared to males.
3. T/F For many youth, detention is often identified as “upward social mobility”—meaning their standard of living actually improves compared to home life.
4. T/F The Relative Rate Index is designed to measure disparities at every stage of the juvenile justice system by comparing rates of contact experienced by different groups of youth.
5. T/F Females represent about 25% of all delinquency cases handled by the juvenile courts but have higher rates based on specific offenses.
6. T/F The majority of offenders in the juvenile justice system do not return to and most offenders in general never enter the system in the first place.
7. T/F According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, youth 12-17 years old were about twice as likely to be victims of serious violent crime than adults.
8. T/F The overwhelming majority of maltreatment offenders are siblings of the victims.
9. T/F Generally speaking, child maltreatment rates vary by parental employment status and economic situation.
10. T/F Ample research shows that incarceration may contribute to higher delinquency and adult crime rates.