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Corrections System for Juveniles MCQ

Prosecutors have the authority to waive juvenile court cases to adult court.

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Correct Answer: True

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Juveniles who are waived to adult court have committed minor offenses.

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Correct Answer: True

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Juveniles can appeal a decision to have their case waived to adult court.

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Correct Answer: True

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Juveniles can appeal a decision to have their case waived to adult court.

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Correct Answer: True

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Residential treatment facilities restrict juvenile freedom of movement.

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Correct Answer: True

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Groups homes are managed by private entities.

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Correct Answer: False

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White juveniles are least likely to come from a two-parent home than other racial groups.

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Correct Answer: False

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White juveniles are least likely to come from a two-parent home than other racial groups.

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Correct Answer: False

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Wilderness programs are more effective for juveniles than boot camps.

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Correct Answer: True

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Juveniles who are waived to adult court are most likely to be rearreste

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Correct Answer: True

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Most youth who are incarcerated come from a single-parent home.

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Correct Answer: True

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The juvenile justice system is based on civil law.

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Correct Answer: True

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Juveniles have been put to death in the United States.

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Correct Answer: True

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Juvenile court cases are not automatically waived to adult court.

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Correct Answer: True

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Males are incarcerated less often than females.

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Correct Answer: False

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The first juvenile court was established in the state of Texas.

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Correct Answer: False

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Status offenders and juvenile delinquents have different meanings.

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Correct Answer: True

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_______ is a process by which a juvenile offender is “waived” (transferred) to an adult court because he or she has committed a particularly serious crime

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Correct Answer: Waiver

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In Statutory Exclusion state legislatures have statutorily excluded certain serious offenses from the juvenile courts for juveniles over a certain age

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Correct Answer: True

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Status offenses apply only to

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Correct Answer: Juveniles

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Status Offenders are _______ who commit certain actions that are legal for adults but not for children

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Correct Answer: Juveniles

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Prosecutorial Discretion is a way wich allows prosecutors to file some cases in______ court

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Correct Answer: Both

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Report done in juvenile courts that is _______ to a presentence investigation report in adult courts

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Correct Answer: Analogous

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Legal principle giving the state the right to intercede and act in the best interest of the child is called

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Correct Answer: Parens patriae

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Judicial Waiver involves a juvenile judge deciding after a full inquiry that the juvenile should be waived to the adult system

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Correct Answer: True

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Crimes committed by adults juveniles is called by

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Correct Answer: Delinquent

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Deferred Adjudication is as decision is taken by some________

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Correct Answer: Social justice

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Community Service Order is a part of a disposition requiring probationers to work a certain number of hours doing tasks to

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Correct Answer: Help their communities

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In Amicus curiae briefs interested parties are not directly involved with the case

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Correct Answer: True

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In Amicus curiae briefs interested parties are not directly involved with the case

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Correct Answer: True

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Age–Crime Curve is formed from the statistical count of the number of known crimes committed in a population over a given period, mapped according to

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Correct Answer: Age

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