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Juvenile Corrections MCQ

Juvenile Corrections MCQ

 

1. A death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence. In the criminal justice system, the execution of an innocent person is a wrongful death is known as:

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Correct Answer: Wrongful death

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2. A training school is a residential facility that offers vocational training to juvenile offenders.

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Correct Answer: True

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3. ___________ is an action that is prohibited only to minors (in this instance). Status offenses may include consumption of alcohol, tobacco smoking, truancy, and running away from home.

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Correct Answer: Status offenses

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4. A small part of something intended as representative of the whole in which every element has an equal chance of being selected is known as:

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Correct Answer: Random sample

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5. Exaggerating or faking symptoms of illness to receive special care or avoid duties or work is called _________ .

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Correct Answer: Malinger

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6. _________ is a type of early prison for juvenile delinquents begun in New York, similar to adult houses of correction.

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Correct Answer: House of Refuge

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7. Delinquency is an illegal offense or misdeed, especially one committed by a juvenile.

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Correct Answer: True

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8. The systematic release or removal of offenders from an institution, especially secure residential facilities, for placement and care in the community is known as:

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Correct Answer: Deinstitutionalization

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9. Chemical and mechanical force is the use of chemical agents, such as pepper spray, or mechanical restraints, such as to control behavior or exact punishment .

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Correct Answer: All of these

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10. Boot camps held less than ______ of youth in residential placement in 2011.

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Correct Answer: 1%

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11. The Missouri Model has become known as the most effective practice in the U.S.

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Correct Answer: True

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12. Males are more likely than females to be placed in residential facilities for status offenses.

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Correct Answer: False

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13. Which of the following groups is often considered the largest segment of youth in residential placement?

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Correct Answer: African Americans

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14. The age at which a youth is automatically tried in adult court varies by state.

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Correct Answer: True

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15. In 2011, _______ of juvenile offenders were placed in a group home.

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Correct Answer: 30%

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16. Which of the following states entered a complex and far reaching consent decree to remedy harsh conditions?

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Correct Answer: California

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17. The “super predator” myth was created by a professor from

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Correct Answer: Princeton

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18. Which of the following is not an example of a mechanical force that is used to control an offender’s behavior?

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Correct Answer: Pepper spray

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19. Solitary confinement typically means that individuals are held for a total of ______ hours a day in their cells.

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Correct Answer: 21

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20. The first statewide juvenile correctional facility was built in

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Correct Answer: 1847

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21. Wards of the House of Refuge would be placed on ships to work for the emerging merchant machines.

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Correct Answer: True

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22. The Society for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency opened up the first House of Refuge in 1825.

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Correct Answer: True

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23. Juvenile just systems are different in each state and locality.

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Correct Answer: True

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24. The first reform schools opened in California.

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Correct Answer: False

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