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The Juvenile Corrections System MCQ

______ is the least appropriate short-term care option for juveniles.

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Correct Answer: Jail

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______-security training schools have high fences and walls topped with wire, and interior hallways have locked doors and cells, limiting movement during the day.

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Correct Answer: Maximum

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Reform schools are residential facilities that have a specific organizational goal to target the needs of a certain classification of juveniles.

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Correct Answer: False

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The goal of all levels of training school is strictly educational achievement.

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Correct Answer: False

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About 500,000 juveniles are released from confinement each year.

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Correct Answer: False

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The primary goal of the juvenile justice system is successful release without another occurrence of criminal behavior.

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Correct Answer: True

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If juveniles live in a state with determinate or mandatory sentencing, a decision on institutional release is made once they enter a training school.

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Correct Answer: True

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Many youths released into aftercare do not have functional home lives and supportive parents.

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Correct Answer: True

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Ranches and boot camps are another residential option that entails a minimum-security placement for first-time or second-time juvenile offenders convicted of violence.

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Correct Answer: False

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The duties of aftercare officers are not similar to those of probation officers and only involve educational responsibilities.

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Correct Answer: False

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