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A death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence. In the criminal justice system, the execution of an innocent person is a wrongful death is known as:

Training school

Random sample

Status offenses

Wrongful death

Answer

Correct Answer: Wrongful death

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A training school is a residential facility that offers vocational training to juvenile offenders.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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___________ is an action that is prohibited only to minors (in this instance). Status offenses may include consumption of alcohol, tobacco smoking, truancy, and running away from home.

Training school

Random sample

Status offenses

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Status offenses

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A small part of something intended as representative of the whole in which every element has an equal chance of being selected is known as:

Training school

Random sample

Status offenses

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Random sample

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Exaggerating or faking symptoms of illness to receive special care or avoid duties or work is called _________ .

Delinquency

Malinger

Deinstitutionalization

House of Refuge

Answer

Correct Answer: Malinger

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_________ is a type of early prison for juvenile delinquents begun in New York, similar to adult houses of correction.

Delinquency

Malinger

Deinstitutionalization

House of Refuge

Answer

Correct Answer: House of Refuge

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Delinquency is an illegal offense or misdeed, especially one committed by a juvenile.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The systematic release or removal of offenders from an institution, especially secure residential facilities, for placement and care in the community is known as:

Delinquency

Malinger

Deinstitutionalization

House of Refuge

Answer

Correct Answer: Deinstitutionalization

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Chemical and mechanical force is the use of chemical agents, such as pepper spray, or mechanical restraints, such as to control behavior or exact punishment .

Handcuffs

Straitjackets

Shackles

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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Boot camps held less than ______ of youth in residential placement in 2011.

Answer

Correct Answer: 1%

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The Missouri Model has become known as the most effective practice in the U.S.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Males are more likely than females to be placed in residential facilities for status offenses.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which of the following groups is often considered the largest segment of youth in residential placement?

Whites

African Americans

Latinos/Hispanics

Asian Americans

Answer

Correct Answer: African Americans

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The age at which a youth is automatically tried in adult court varies by state.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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In 2011, _______ of juvenile offenders were placed in a group home.

15%

25%

30%

35%

Answer

Correct Answer: 30%

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Which of the following states entered a complex and far reaching consent decree to remedy harsh conditions?

Alabama

California

Florida

New York

Answer

Correct Answer: California

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The “super predator” myth was created by a professor from

Yale

Harvard

Princeton

Vanderbilt

Answer

Correct Answer: Princeton

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Which of the following is not an example of a mechanical force that is used to control an offender’s behavior?

Handcuffs

Pepper spray

Straightjackets

Shackles

Answer

Correct Answer: Pepper spray

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Solitary confinement typically means that individuals are held for a total of ______ hours a day in their cells.

Answer

Correct Answer: 21

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The first statewide juvenile correctional facility was built in

1800

1823

1836

1847

Answer

Correct Answer: 1847

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Wards of the House of Refuge would be placed on ships to work for the emerging merchant machines.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The Society for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency opened up the first House of Refuge in 1825.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Juvenile just systems are different in each state and locality.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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The first reform schools opened in California.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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