INSTRUCTORS MANUAL AND TEST FOR
JUVENILE JUSTICE IN AMERICA EXAM 2026
COMPLETE QUESTION SET AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
◉ Most of the issues that led to the debates over juvenile justice
were evident by the ______.
Answer: 1850s
◉ T/F-Industrial schools for dependent children were established in
Illinois in the late 1870s.
Answer: true
◉ In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that imposing mandatory
life sentences in juvenile justice systems violates the 8th
Amendment in the case _____.
Answer: Miller v. Alabama
◉ By the 5th century BCE, codification of ______ law resulted in the
Twelve Tables, which made it clear that children were criminally
responsible for violations of law and were to be dealt with by the
criminal justice system.
Answer: roman
,◉ In the United States during the early 1800s, juries and juvenile
justice officials were rarely inclined to react with emotion or
sympathy toward juvenile offenders.
Answer: false
◉ In 2005, in the case of ______, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a
1989 precedent and struck down the death penalty for crimes
committed by people under the age of 18.
Answer: Roper v. Simmons
◉ In the 1560s, Parliament passed the ______ that would allow
children of paupers to be involuntarily separated from their parents
and placed in apprenticeships.
Answer: Statute of Artificers
◉ By incorporating the doctrine of parens patriae, the juvenile court
was to act in the best interests of children through the use of ______.
Answer: noncriminal proceedings
◉ The issues of criminal responsibility and separate facilities for
youthful offenders were apparent in the ______ in 17th century
England.
Answer: City Custom of Apprentices
,◉ In deciding not to hear the Holmes case, the U.S. Supreme Court
______.
Answer: reaffirmed the desirability of the juvenile court's informal
procedures
◉ The Court held in Graham v. Florida that the due process clause of
the 14th Amendment did not require jury trials in juvenile court.
Answer: false
◉ By 1917 juvenile court legislation was found in all but five states.
Answer: false
◉ In London, the Custom of Apprentices allowed the removal of
children from parents who could not care for them and place them
in apprenticeship programs.
Answer: false
◉ In England, from the 1600s and most of the 1700s, juvenile
offenders were sent to adult prisons.
Answer: true
◉ In the case of Breed v. Jones (1975), the Court decided ______.
, Answer: a 5th Amendment violation occurs when a youth is
adjudicated in juvenile court and then tried as an adult in criminal
court for the same crime
◉ T/F
Poor recall or deliberate deception are both criticisms of the under-
or over-reporting of abuse or delinquency in self-report studies.
Answer: true
◉ ______ are probably the single most accurate source of information
on the actual illegal acts of young people.
Answer: self report surveys
◉ T/F
In the U. S. the minimum age of juvenile court jurisdiction is
standardized by the National Juvenile Court Center.
Answer: false
◉ T/F
Official statistics on abused and neglected children are only available
from a limited number of sources.
Answer: false
JUVENILE JUSTICE IN AMERICA EXAM 2026
COMPLETE QUESTION SET AND CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A PLUS
◉ Most of the issues that led to the debates over juvenile justice
were evident by the ______.
Answer: 1850s
◉ T/F-Industrial schools for dependent children were established in
Illinois in the late 1870s.
Answer: true
◉ In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that imposing mandatory
life sentences in juvenile justice systems violates the 8th
Amendment in the case _____.
Answer: Miller v. Alabama
◉ By the 5th century BCE, codification of ______ law resulted in the
Twelve Tables, which made it clear that children were criminally
responsible for violations of law and were to be dealt with by the
criminal justice system.
Answer: roman
,◉ In the United States during the early 1800s, juries and juvenile
justice officials were rarely inclined to react with emotion or
sympathy toward juvenile offenders.
Answer: false
◉ In 2005, in the case of ______, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a
1989 precedent and struck down the death penalty for crimes
committed by people under the age of 18.
Answer: Roper v. Simmons
◉ In the 1560s, Parliament passed the ______ that would allow
children of paupers to be involuntarily separated from their parents
and placed in apprenticeships.
Answer: Statute of Artificers
◉ By incorporating the doctrine of parens patriae, the juvenile court
was to act in the best interests of children through the use of ______.
Answer: noncriminal proceedings
◉ The issues of criminal responsibility and separate facilities for
youthful offenders were apparent in the ______ in 17th century
England.
Answer: City Custom of Apprentices
,◉ In deciding not to hear the Holmes case, the U.S. Supreme Court
______.
Answer: reaffirmed the desirability of the juvenile court's informal
procedures
◉ The Court held in Graham v. Florida that the due process clause of
the 14th Amendment did not require jury trials in juvenile court.
Answer: false
◉ By 1917 juvenile court legislation was found in all but five states.
Answer: false
◉ In London, the Custom of Apprentices allowed the removal of
children from parents who could not care for them and place them
in apprenticeship programs.
Answer: false
◉ In England, from the 1600s and most of the 1700s, juvenile
offenders were sent to adult prisons.
Answer: true
◉ In the case of Breed v. Jones (1975), the Court decided ______.
, Answer: a 5th Amendment violation occurs when a youth is
adjudicated in juvenile court and then tried as an adult in criminal
court for the same crime
◉ T/F
Poor recall or deliberate deception are both criticisms of the under-
or over-reporting of abuse or delinquency in self-report studies.
Answer: true
◉ ______ are probably the single most accurate source of information
on the actual illegal acts of young people.
Answer: self report surveys
◉ T/F
In the U. S. the minimum age of juvenile court jurisdiction is
standardized by the National Juvenile Court Center.
Answer: false
◉ T/F
Official statistics on abused and neglected children are only available
from a limited number of sources.
Answer: false
