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Effective Programs for Juveniles MCQ

_____ is known as a government website sponsored by 20 different government agencies that provides up-to-date information on effective programs to address risk and protective factors of juvenile delinquency

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Correct Answer: Youth.gov

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_____ is known as experiments where participants are randomly assigned to several interventions, including a control group that receives a standard practice or no intervention at all

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Correct Answer: Randomized controlled trials

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_____ is defined as an agency run by the Department of Justice that sponsors research, programs, and training initiatives through grant funding to states and localities

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Correct Answer: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

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_____ is coordinated services and activities that demonstrate effectiveness through empirical research

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Correct Answer: Evidence-based strategies

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_____ is known as databank sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention that provides information on effective evidence-based strategies targeting juveniles

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Correct Answer: Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development

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Which agency is part of the Department of Justice (DOJ), sponsors research, programs, and training initiatives through grant funding to states and localities?

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Correct Answer: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

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The target population for Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) is juveniles ages 2–11, generally from low-income or single-parent households.

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Correct Answer: False

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The Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) community-based mentoring (CBM) program uses prosocial adult contact to influence juvenile development.

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Correct Answer: True

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The Promise Project is meant to provide high-quality education for African American children ages 3 and 4 who live in urban areas.

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Correct Answer: False

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The Cook County, Illinois, Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) is a 500-bed facility, the largest of its type in the country, where high-risk juvenile arrestees are placed before their cases are adjudicated.

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Correct Answer: True

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Research has shown Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) as one of the most popular and successful programs for reducing delinquency.

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Correct Answer: False

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The good program was designed for families who were of a racial minority and female led.

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Correct Answer: False

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The Gang Reduction Program (GRP) used a multidisciplinary intervention team and outreach workers from federal and local agencies to provide services focusing on child welfare, education, employment, health, and interactions with the criminal justice system.

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Correct Answer: True

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Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) was a school-based drug use prevention program, whose slogan was “Not at all” to alcohol, became a media sensation in the 1980s due to the support of First Lady Laura Bush.

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Correct Answer: False

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The all-star program tries to prevent risky behaviors, such as premature sexual activity violence, and substance abuse, among juveniles ages 11–15.

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Correct Answer: True

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