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Rehabilitation of Low Level Youthful Offenders MCQ

_____ is nonpartisan, nonprofit organization in the United States that serves all three branches of state government with policy research reviews.

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Correct Answer: The Council of State Governments

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Is screening brief process used to identify problems that are in need of further attention or assessment?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as juvenile court employees that supervise youthful offenders who have been adjudicated delinquent.

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Correct Answer: Probation officers

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_____ is defined as phenomenon that occurs when diversion programs that involve sanctions on young people who do not meet expectations are then drawn into the juvenile justice system and supervised.

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Correct Answer: Net widening (diversion)

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_____ is organization that provides education, training, and technical assistance to states, tribes, territories, local governments, service providers, nonprofit organizations, and corrections institutions working on prisoner reentry.

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Correct Answer: National Reentry Resource Center

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Is low-level youthful offenders first-time, misdemeanor-offending, or statusoffending young people?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as courts that are different than other juvenile dockets, whereby youthful offenders are diverted to work in tandem with community-based service providers under supervision of the juvenile court judge.

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Correct Answer: Juvenile drug courts

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_____ is defined as typically involve some conditions for the young person, an admission of guilt, and an agreement to participate in programming that is suitable. Services may be provided within the program or through a community-based provider for therapeutic or treatment needs, or could be just oversight and surveillance of the adolescent.

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Correct Answer: Formal diversion programs

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_____ is program established by The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and the Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps that has developed approaches to prevent young people involved with either the juvenile courts or the child welfare system from “crossing over” to the other.

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Correct Answer: Crossover Youth Practice Model

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Is crisis Intervention Teams (CITs) police officer model that trains in response techniques that are appropriate for people suffering from mental health symptoms or problems?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as systematic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives; often a monetary approach finding the costs for programs and comparing with short- and long-term outcomes.

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Correct Answer: Cost–benefit analysis

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_____ is defined as least restrictive alternative that diverts a young person out of the juvenile justice system with no further action taken by the police.

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Correct Answer: Caution or warning (diversion) programs

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_____ is office of the U.S. Department of Justice and a component of the Office of Justice Programs that funds justice programming and directs federal initiatives.

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Correct Answer: Bureau of Justice Assistance

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Is assessments (risk assessments) thorough investigation of the identified risks or problem areas for young people and their families?

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Correct Answer: True

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______ is a brief process used to identify problems that are in need of further attention.

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Correct Answer: Screening

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The ______ is implemented in over 90 jurisdictions and initial results have found improved outcomes in child welfare, school, mental health, and lower confinement and reoffending rates.

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Correct Answer: Crossover Youth Practice Model

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The most common outcome for adjudicated delinquent youthful offenders is ______.

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Correct Answer: Probation supervision

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Formal diversion programs may have an unintended and harmful outcome--bringing more young people into the juvenile courts--a phenomenon known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Net widening

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The use of testing instruments should be tied to a particular ______, or a point in the juvenile justice system.

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Correct Answer: Evaluative-point

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______ are thorough investigations of the identified risks or problem areas for young people and their families.

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Correct Answer: Assessments

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The Girls Circle Program is a ______ group that works with girls, ages 9–18, through the integration of cultural differences, resiliency practices, and skills training to assist in reducing offending behaviors.

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Correct Answer: Strengths-based

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Some states have begun to create ______ to train police in response techniques that are appropriate for people, especially juvenile offenders, suffering from mental health symptoms or problems.

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Correct Answer: Crisis Intervention Teams

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While the goals of diversion programs may vary, they typically focus on ______.

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Correct Answer: Minimizing the youth’s involvement with the juvenile justice system

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Diversion is an option for many ______ offenders.

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Correct Answer: Low-level

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PATHS is a comprehensive program for promoting emotional and social competencies and reducing aggression and behavior problems of ______ youths, while supporting the educational process in the classroom.

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Correct Answer: Elementary school

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Parenting quality, school issues, adolescent skills deficits are examples of ______ risk factors.

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Correct Answer: Dynamic

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______ risk factors are difficult to change.

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Correct Answer: Static

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It has been recommended that the juvenile justice system employ a(n) ______ to address young people’s needs.

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Correct Answer: Coordinated approach across service systems

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It has been recommended that the juvenile justice system base supervision, service, and resource-allocation on the results of validated ______.

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Correct Answer: Risk and needs assessments

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