Chapter 11 Juvenile Justice in America
Exam Questions and Answers
1) Which of the following was a legal catalyst for the creation of the Juvenile Court
Act?
A) In re Gault
B) parens patriae
C) The Child Savers
D) Voices of Delinquency - ANSWER-Parens patriae
2) What does the parens patriae philosophy of juvenile court charge that the court
must do in regard to juvenile offenders?
A) separate them from their peers
B) punish their sins
C) provide treatment
D) initiate victim restitution - ANSWER-Provide treatment
3) Which of the following is NOT one of the instructions given to parolees upon
leaving the institution as ordered by the first superintendent of the Elmira
Reformatory?
A) report to a guardian on arrival
B) provide the local police with a home address
C) immediately write to the superintendent
D) report to the guardian on the first of each month - ANSWER-Provide the local
police with a home address
4) Who is considered the ʺfather of probationʺ?
A) Zebulon Brockway
B) Alexander Maconochie
C) Anthony Platt
D) John Augustus - ANSWER-John Augustus
5) Which of the following is linked to the origins of residential programs?
A) the Rockefeller Home for Juveniles
B) Highfields Project
C) Elmira Reformatory
D) New York Juvenile Center - ANSWER-Highfields Project
6) Which of the following is NOT one of the common agreements among experts
who believe that primary prevention is better than later means of delinquency
control?
A) High-risk behaviors are interrelated.
B) Continuity of efforts is secondary as one-shot efforts produce lasting effects.
C) The focus of prevention should be on changing institutions rather than on
changing individuals.
, D) The timing of interventions is critical in achieving a successful outcome. -
ANSWER-Continuity of efforts is secondary as one-shot efforts produce lasting
effects.
7) The main characteristic of diversion initiated by the courts or police is that
________, and youths who fail to respond to such a program usually will be returned
to the juvenile court for continued processing within the system.
A) they limit the enormous discretion granted to juvenile justice practitioners.
B) they make training schools safer and more humane.
C) the justice subsystems retain control over youthful offenders.
D) they divert youthful offenders from voluntary services into the justice system. -
ANSWER-The justice subsystems retain control over youthful offenders
8) Dispositional alternatives for youthful offenders that exist outside of the formal
juvenile justice system are called ________.
A) half-way houses
B) the cottage system
C) probation
D) diversion programs - ANSWER-Diversion programs
9) Which of the following refers to the juvenile justice programs in which youths are
sentenced by their peers?
A) training schools
B) cottage system
C) residential programs
D) teen courts - ANSWER-Teen courts
10) Which case processing model allows youth attorneys to present the case to a
panel of three youth judges, who decide the appropriate disposition for the
dependent?
A) adult judge
B) peer jury
C) youth judge
D) tribunal - ANSWER-Tribunal
11) Which of the following authorizes the U.S. attorney general to make grants to
various agencies to establish drug courts?
A) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
B) National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups
C) Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
D) Juvenile Court Act - ANSWER-Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
12) Which of the following is the most widely used judicial disposition?
A) probation
B) confinement
C) parole
D) aftercare - ANSWER-Probation
13) Which of the following takes place when a juvenile has been found delinquent in
the adjudicatory stage?
Exam Questions and Answers
1) Which of the following was a legal catalyst for the creation of the Juvenile Court
Act?
A) In re Gault
B) parens patriae
C) The Child Savers
D) Voices of Delinquency - ANSWER-Parens patriae
2) What does the parens patriae philosophy of juvenile court charge that the court
must do in regard to juvenile offenders?
A) separate them from their peers
B) punish their sins
C) provide treatment
D) initiate victim restitution - ANSWER-Provide treatment
3) Which of the following is NOT one of the instructions given to parolees upon
leaving the institution as ordered by the first superintendent of the Elmira
Reformatory?
A) report to a guardian on arrival
B) provide the local police with a home address
C) immediately write to the superintendent
D) report to the guardian on the first of each month - ANSWER-Provide the local
police with a home address
4) Who is considered the ʺfather of probationʺ?
A) Zebulon Brockway
B) Alexander Maconochie
C) Anthony Platt
D) John Augustus - ANSWER-John Augustus
5) Which of the following is linked to the origins of residential programs?
A) the Rockefeller Home for Juveniles
B) Highfields Project
C) Elmira Reformatory
D) New York Juvenile Center - ANSWER-Highfields Project
6) Which of the following is NOT one of the common agreements among experts
who believe that primary prevention is better than later means of delinquency
control?
A) High-risk behaviors are interrelated.
B) Continuity of efforts is secondary as one-shot efforts produce lasting effects.
C) The focus of prevention should be on changing institutions rather than on
changing individuals.
, D) The timing of interventions is critical in achieving a successful outcome. -
ANSWER-Continuity of efforts is secondary as one-shot efforts produce lasting
effects.
7) The main characteristic of diversion initiated by the courts or police is that
________, and youths who fail to respond to such a program usually will be returned
to the juvenile court for continued processing within the system.
A) they limit the enormous discretion granted to juvenile justice practitioners.
B) they make training schools safer and more humane.
C) the justice subsystems retain control over youthful offenders.
D) they divert youthful offenders from voluntary services into the justice system. -
ANSWER-The justice subsystems retain control over youthful offenders
8) Dispositional alternatives for youthful offenders that exist outside of the formal
juvenile justice system are called ________.
A) half-way houses
B) the cottage system
C) probation
D) diversion programs - ANSWER-Diversion programs
9) Which of the following refers to the juvenile justice programs in which youths are
sentenced by their peers?
A) training schools
B) cottage system
C) residential programs
D) teen courts - ANSWER-Teen courts
10) Which case processing model allows youth attorneys to present the case to a
panel of three youth judges, who decide the appropriate disposition for the
dependent?
A) adult judge
B) peer jury
C) youth judge
D) tribunal - ANSWER-Tribunal
11) Which of the following authorizes the U.S. attorney general to make grants to
various agencies to establish drug courts?
A) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
B) National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups
C) Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
D) Juvenile Court Act - ANSWER-Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
12) Which of the following is the most widely used judicial disposition?
A) probation
B) confinement
C) parole
D) aftercare - ANSWER-Probation
13) Which of the following takes place when a juvenile has been found delinquent in
the adjudicatory stage?
