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Juveniles and the Police MCQ

Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive Action Program is a multidisciplinary interagency case management and information- sharing system intended to help the agencies involved make uninformed decisions about juveniles who repeatedly engage in delinquent acts.

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Correct Answer: False

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_____ is a temporary intervention to address a specific gang issue; not the primary responsibility of the police but of officers who are involved in a gang detail and gang unit

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Correct Answer: Youth service program

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_____ is known as procedures used by law enforcement when investigating crime commission

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Correct Answer: Search and seizure

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_____ is known as officers assigned to schools to provide law enforcement services but also to act as problem solvers and community liaisons

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Correct Answer: School resource officers (SROs)

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_____ is defined as a legal standard of proof in the United States that is less than probable cause and is based on suspicion that a crime has occurred and someone committed it

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Correct Answer: Reasonable suspicion

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_____ is policing efforts, policies, and actions focused on improving police relations in communities as a whole, rather than focusing on juveniles

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Correct Answer: Problem-oriented policing

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_____ is known as interaction of a juvenile offender with law enforcement from initial contact to final disposition

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Correct Answer: Police process

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_____ is defined as a law enforcement technique involving witnesses or victims who are asked to identify suspects from a small group of individuals, including the suspect

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Correct Answer: Lineup

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_____ is a specialized agency assigned with the task of monitoring juvenile crime and maintaining organized efforts to work with youths

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Correct Answer: Juvenile bureau

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_____ is defined as the action of asking questions aggressively with the hope of obtaining relevant information in a criminal case

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Correct Answer: Interrogation

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_____ is defined as a philosophy adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court prior to the 1960s to allow correctional agencies to manage their charges without court intervention

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Correct Answer: Hands-off doctrine

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_____ is defined as programs and actions performed by law enforcement to dispel the appeal of gang membership and activity

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Correct Answer: Gang-based interventions

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_____ is a permanent division in a police force that uses confidential information and intelligence, and works with gang members

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Correct Answer: Gang unit

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_____ is known as Law enforcement detail requiring officers to focus professional efforts on proactive and reactive management of gang issues

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Correct Answer: Gang detail

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_____ is identifiers that are unique to individuals, making them a useful form of evidence in criminal cases

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Correct Answer: Fingerprints

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_____ is known as a rule established by the U.S. Supreme Court that says that evidence seized without a proper search warrant cannot be used in court against persons accused of criminal offenses

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Correct Answer: Exclusionary rule

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_____ is known as the constitutional right to fair treatment for all citizens during processing by the criminal justice system

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Correct Answer: Due process

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_____ is defined as the ability of law enforcement to decide what action to take

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Correct Answer: Discretion

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_____ is known as a formal statement that admits one’s guilt of a crime

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Correct Answer: Confession

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_____ is defined as efforts to control juvenile crime by forming positive relationships with organizations that serve juveniles, as well as police trying to help parents and youths feel comfortable working with law enforcement

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Correct Answer: Community-based interventions

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_____ is the system of allocating police officers to particular areas so they become familiar with the local inhabitants and earn trust from them

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Correct Answer: Community policing

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Which case involved a youth convicted of rape, but the ruling was reversed because the juvenile did not have counsel during lineup identification.

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Correct Answer: In re Holley

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Neglected or abused children could be referred to ______ for guardianship or other assistance.

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Correct Answer: Child Protective Services

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______ Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which protects one’s privacy against unreasonable search and seizure?

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Correct Answer: Fourth

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The legal system also governs how juveniles are treated in a police lineup, where witnesses or victims are asked to pick out the suspect from a small group of individuals, including the suspect.

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Correct Answer: True

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The Supreme Court case of Fare v. Michael C. used the “totality of the circumstances” approach to the interrogation of juveniles.

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Correct Answer: True

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If officers proceed beyond a verbal warning when interacting with a problem juvenile, they have several options for what is termed the police process.

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Correct Answer: True

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The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States establishes due process for offenders.

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Correct Answer: False

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In 2016, there was an 11% decrease in arrests of juveniles in the United States compared with 2010.

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Correct Answer: False

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The In re Gault decision applied the ban against unreasonable search and seizure to juveniles. The court ruled juveniles must be presented with a search warrant before their person or their home could be searched, unless the juvenile waived this right or was caught in a criminal offense.

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Correct Answer: False

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A parent or guardian cannot consent to search a juvenile’s belongings over the objection of the juvenile?

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Correct Answer: False

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Youth Focused Community Policing is a program providing information-sharing activities that promote proactive partnerships among the _____ agencies cooperating to identify and address juvenile problems in a manner consistent with a community policing philosophy.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Informal response that officers may take to nonserious delinquency and/or vagrancy to resolve nuisance behavior committed by juveniles is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Street corner Adjustment

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Police-School Liaison Officers are the officers located in _____ who serve as sources of information and counselors for students.

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Correct Answer: Schools

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Police Discretion is the exercise of judgment by individual officers on what type of action to take in a particular situation.

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Correct Answer: True

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Policing of a given area that is much more than would typically be necessary to maintain public order is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Over Policing

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Clearly delineated guidelines that officers must follow when they informally process juveniles refer to Official Procedures.

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Correct Answer: False

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Mandated Reporters are reporters who are required to report _____ cases of abuse to the state.

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Correct Answer: Suspected

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Gang Resistance Education and Awareness Training are resistance programs that train police officers to conduct comprehensive anti-gang education programs for juveniles who_____

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Correct Answer: Not yet in highschool

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In Drug Abuse Resistance Education police officers from local station houses teach children about _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Crisis Intervention Team for Youth is a curriculum used by the Chicago Police Department that consists of a _____ training course to teach police officers how to respond to youth with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.

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Correct Answer: 5 day

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Black Lives Matter is the movement that has expanded to draw attention to other issues facing minority communities, to include_____, and economic unfairness.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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