CRJU Practice Quiz 10 – Flashcards
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Which case established criteria for transferring juvenile offenders into adult court?
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Kent v. U.S
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Which case established that juveniles do not have a constitutional right to a jury trial?
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McKeiver v. Pennsylvania
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True or False: Over half of the youth in the juvenile justice system have mental health problems.
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True
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True or False: Colonial American courts said children under age 7 do not have the "ability to form guilty intent," or Mens Rea.
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True
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Which of the following is not supported by research on the DARE program?
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It has been very effective in preventing drug use in teens
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True or false:Over half of the juveniles who enter a drug court program will be successful in its completion.
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True
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A new type of youth gang that are school based and less organized in criminal activity are known as
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Hybrid Gangs
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True or false: Hybrid gangs are overwhelmingly located in large cities
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False
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Which case determined that juveniles cannot be tried in both juvenile and adult courts for the same offense?
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Breed v. Jones
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There has been a 300% increase the past 10 years in school-based incidents being referred to
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Juvenile court
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True or False:Juvenile court proceedings are open to the public?
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False
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True or False: A juvenile intake officer has broad discretion after a youth has been apprehended by police.
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false
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True or False: Many youth gangs evolved significantly during the 1980s and 1990s into hybrid gangs.
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True
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Which case brought forth to the Supreme Court the issue of preventive detention for juveniles?
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Schall v. Martin
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True or False: The age in which a juvenile can be transferred to criminal court varies by state.
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True
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Which of the following is not an example of a status offense?
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Burglary
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Bullying has been identified as a common factor associated with
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School Shooters
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True or False: Prior to the Columbine High School shooting, law enforcement officers were trained to respond to school shootings in a strategy known as contain-and-wait response
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True
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Which of the following is not considered a model of juvenile justice classifying?
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e-combination states
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True or False: The New York House of Refuge was established in the early 1900s.
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False
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The DARE program targeted youth in what grades?
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5th and 6th
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Which of the following sanctions cannot be given by a juvenile court?
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Death Penalty
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It is reported that 9.5% of juveniles who are adjudicated and placed in a residential facility.
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True
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In colonial America, a juvenile was considered to be an adult in court at what age?
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Fourteen
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True or False: Parens patriae translates to mean "state as parent or guardian."
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True
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In the 2011 The Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, for the first time, high school seniors reported the use of which synthetic drug?
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Marijuana
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Which of the following is NOT a situation in which the juvenile court would assume authority over a juvenile?
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The Juvenile was mentally Ill
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of hybrid gangs?
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They are more violent then in past.
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Intake
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Prosecution
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Detention
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Jail or Lock-up
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Adjudication
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Conviction
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Diposition
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Sentencing
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The first juvenile court was established in 1899 in the state of
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Illinois
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Which of the following has not been a response to recent violence on school property?
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All of the above have been respondents
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True or False: Delinquency petitions are forwarded to a state or county prosecutor
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False
