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15 Cards in this Set
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1.Secure confinement is most closely associated with probation
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False
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2.A key case involving the preventive detention of juveniles was Schall V. martin
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True
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3.Greater juvenile court formalization usually means greater certainty of punishment
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True
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4.Corporate gangs are more likely organized criminals than are scavenger gangs
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True
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5.Roper v. Simmons is a case which set the minimum age for executing juveniles at 18
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False
its under 18 |
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6.Centralizing juvenile and criminal courts into one general court system is the aim of court unification
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True
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7.Delinquency among girls appears to be increasing at a faster rate than among boys
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True
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8.A station house adjustment is discretion exercised by a police officer who gives a juvenile a verb reprimand and releases the juvenile to the juvenile’s parents
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True
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9.A juvenile’s right to be a trial by jury was declared absolute in the case of in re Gault
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False
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10.A mitigating circumstance might be the mental health of the defendant
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True
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11. In 2005(7), delinquency case rates by age and offense was greatest for:
A. Drug offenses B. Person offenses C. Property offenses D. Public order offenses |
A. Drug Offenses
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The most visible law enforcement officers are:
A. Prison guards B. Parole officers C. Probation officers D. Uniformed police officers in local and state governments |
D. Uniformed police officers in local and state governments
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The category with the highest number of delinquency cases in 2005(7) was:
A. Person offenses B. Drug law violations C. Public order offenses D. Property offenses |
B. Drug law violations
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The model closest to the argument by Anthony Platt is the:
A. Orthodox model B. Model of invention C. Revisionist model D. Probate model |
C. Revisionist model
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One explanation for the disenfranchisement by the JJS of the poor and racial and ethnic minorities is:
A. More limited access to economic resources B. The few number of non-white judges C. More poor and ethnic/racial minorities reside in rural areas D. Their high crime rates |
A. More limited access to economic resources
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