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Most states define a "juvenile" as... |
A person between the ages of 10 - 18 years of age; although in some states 16 to 17-year olds may be treated as adults when they have committed a crime. |
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A "Delinquent Child" is defined as... |
A child who's violated any state or local law; a federal law or law of another state; or who has escaped from confinement in a local or state correctional facility. |
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What are the leading causes of death for children and youth in the United States? |
Accidental and Unintentional injury |
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What form of juvenile offending and victimization measure is considered the most accurate? |
Official Crime Statistics |
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What does NCVS stand for? |
National Crime Victimization Survey |
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Victimization surveys are... |
Not as reliable and accurate for measuring juvenile offending as our official measures and self-reports. |
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The FBI publishes an annual report on what? |
Crime in the United States. |
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What system is the FBI implementing in an effort to patch holes in the Uniform Crime Report (UCR)? |
The NIBRS, National Incident Based Reporting System |
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Criminologists have used the National Use Survey, which is what kind of measurement? |
A Self-Report Measure |
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Black youth were... |
Over represented in juvenile arrests |
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What is the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) considered? |
An Official Crime Statistic |
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In a 2006 National report, children under six who were victims of murder were most often killed by a... |
Parent |
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True or False: Youths between the ages of 7 and 17 are about as likely to be victims of suicide as they are to be victims of homicide. |
True |
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True or False: "Official Crime Statistics" are not a precise measure of the true extent of crime because many crimes are not reported to police. |
True |
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True or False: Victimization surveys are not as reliable as official measures for measuring juvenile offending because victims may not be able to identify their perpetrator and know if the perpetrator was actually a juvenile. |
True |
