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Punitive Juvenile Justice Policies MCQ

_____ is known as technical violation for not adhering to a judge’s order, not a criminal violation or a new offense.

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Correct Answer: Violations of a court order

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_____ is defined as trait of adolescence whereby ongoing social, cognitive, and psychological development continues.

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Correct Answer: Unformed character development

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_____ is state laws that allow the transfer of youthful offenders to adult criminal courts based on certain age and offense criteria.

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Correct Answer: Transfer laws

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Is the Civil Rights Project in Los Angeles organization with a mission to create a new generation of research in social science and law, on the critical issues of civil rights and equal opportunity for racial and ethnic groups in the United States?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as holding of an incarcerated young person (from hours to months) in an isolated locked room with no contact with other offenders, and most of the time with little-to-no staff contact.

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Correct Answer: Solitary confinement

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_____ is defined as process of returning from an incarceration facility back to a home community.

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Correct Answer: Re-entry

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_____ is repeating of criminal behavior, including offending, detention, or incarceration placement.

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Correct Answer: Recidivism

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Is psychosocial maturity ability to respond appropriately to the environment. For adolescents, this refers to peers, family, school, and other environments?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as name category for adolescents (fewer than 5% of all youthful offenders) who continue criminal activity into adulthood.

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Correct Answer: Life-course-persistent offenders

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_____ is defined as county-run facilities that house low-level, status, or other youthful offenders, typically for short periods of time.

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Correct Answer: Detention center

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_____ is first document filed with the court (actually with the County Clerk or Clerk of the Court) by a person or entity claiming legal rights against another. The party filing the complaint is usually called the “plaintiff” and the party against whom the complaint is filed is called the “defendant.”

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Correct Answer: Complaint

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Is alternative education program separate school, or part of a school building, where students are removed to because they were unsuccessful academically or behaviorally in their original classroom?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as phenomenon that most adolescents will discontinue delinquent and criminal activity on their own by age 16.

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Correct Answer: Adolescence-limited offenders

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_____ is defined as formative developmental stage that changes the young person rapidly and dramatically, but also in major social contexts, including within the family, in peer groups, and at school.

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Correct Answer: Adolescence

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A recent survey of recidivism revealed that 44% of inmates were ______.

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Correct Answer: Returned to prison within 3 years

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______ is the holding of an incarcerated young person in an isolated locked room with no contact with other offenders, and most of the time with little or no staff contact.

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Correct Answer: Solitary confinement

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Which of the following factors weighs most heavily for law enforcement officers making the decision about a formal juvenile court referral?

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Correct Answer: Keeping the community safe

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Punitive ______ can have a cascading impact on students.

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Correct Answer: School-exclusion policies

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Zero tolerance policies do not allow school administrators to consider ______ when applying punishments.

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Correct Answer: Mitigating circumstances

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Peers are particularly influential in ______.

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Correct Answer: Group situations

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A factor inhibiting adolescents’ cognitive capacities is a focus on the ______, and a diminished ability to delay gratification.

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Correct Answer: Present

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Because adolescents are still developing in so many different ways, they are quite vulnerable to negative and ______ experiences.

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Correct Answer: Traumatic

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Adolescence is marked by which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Shifting from parental to peer orientation

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Adolescents develop as a result of ______ across many factors, including family and environmental influence, brain development, and emotional, cognitive, and psychological developments.

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Correct Answer: Interactions

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The “tough on crime” approach resulted in many ______.

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Correct Answer: Unintended consequences

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A(n) ______ is a policy or procedure that makes it much easier for young people to be excluded from school and/or become involved with the juvenile courts.

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Correct Answer: Punishment pathway

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