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History of the Juvenile Justice System MCQ

_____ is defined as acts that are in violation of the law only when committed by a person under a certain age—for example, running away, being truant from school, buying cigarettes

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Correct Answer: Status offenses

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_____ is a period in America from 1880 to 1929 that saw widespread social activism and political reform

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Correct Answer: Progressive Era

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_____ is known as the 1870 Illinois Supreme Court ruling that upheld parents’ rights to care for their children without excessive or unnecessary government intervention

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Correct Answer: People v. Turner

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_____ is defined as a Pennsylvania Supreme Court case that held that the state had the power to intervene in the lives of juveniles if it could provide help that a family could not

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Correct Answer: Ex parte Crouse

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_____ is defined as facilities founded in England in the mid-16th century to house impoverished and delinquent youths and that also offered skills training

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Correct Answer: Bridewells

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_____ is known as a Latin term that literally means “parent of the nation.” It implies that the government can make decisions on behalf of people who are unable to make their own. Parens patriae became the guiding principle of the juvenile court, making the court a child’s guardian

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Correct Answer: Parens patriae

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_____ is defined as a refusal to enforce laws and sanctions against children because of lack of legislation and statutes geared specifically to children

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Correct Answer: Nullification

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_____ is the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that granted some protection for the rights of juveniles but still did not make their rights equal to those of adult offenders

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Correct Answer: Kent v. United states

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_____ is known as living facilities that offered skills training, education, discipline, and religious teaching to juveniles in an attempt to change the direction of their lives

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Correct Answer: Houses of refuge

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_____ is small facilities created in response to overcrowding that mimicked houses of refuge

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Correct Answer: Cottage reformatories

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_____ is known as a 1905 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case that settled the issue of child and parental rights in that state by citing the positive intent of juvenile court intervention

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Correct Answer: Commonwealth v. Fisher

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The term “adjudication” in juvenile court means “detention” in adult criminal court.

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Correct Answer: False

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In the Progressive Era from 1880 to 1929 involved middle- and upper-class reformers concerned about ______ of juveniles and pushed for changes in how juveniles were managed.

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Correct Answer: Treatment

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Programs for ______ children actually originated in England.

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Correct Answer: Impoverished

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In 1899, the juvenile justice system started in ______.

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Correct Answer: Illinois

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Instituted first for adults, ______ was seen as both a way to rehabilitate offenders and a way to cope with overcrowded jails.

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Correct Answer: Probation

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In the 1905 case of Commonwealth v. Fisher, the ______ Supreme Court settled the issue of child and parental rights by citing the intent of intervention.

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Correct Answer: Pennsylvania

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