Juvenile Delinquency Exam QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
According to Erik Erikson, what is formed when a person develops a firm sense of self? - CORRECT
ANSWER Ego identity
Which of the following would you say best exemplifies a youth who has been retained in school,
involved with deviant peers, and experiments with drugs? - CORRECT ANSWER At-risk
youth
Which of the following refers to English statutes that allowed the courts to appoint overseers over
destitute and neglected children, allowing placement of these children as servants in the homes of the
affluent? - CORRECT ANSWER Poor laws
What is the term used to to describe the reduction in the frequency a youth's offending? - CORRECT
ANSWER Aging-out process
What was the name of the period that ushered a new age for childhood and family? - CORRECT
ANSWER Enlightenment
Which of the following refers to youths who are spread too thin, experience personal uncertainty, and
place themselves at the mercy of people who promise to give them a sense of identity they cannot
develop for themselves? - CORRECT ANSWER Role diffusion
What is the single most effective preventive strategy against adult poverty? - CORRECT ANSWER
Graduation from high school
How was the concept of parens patriae was first used by English kings? - CORRECT ANSWER
Intervene in the lives and families of children whose position and property were of direct
concern to the monarch
What philosophical viewpoint encourages the state to take control of wayward children and provide
care, custody, and treatment remedy delinquent behavior? - CORRECT ANSWER Best
interests of the child
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
According to Erik Erikson, what is formed when a person develops a firm sense of self? - CORRECT
ANSWER Ego identity
Which of the following would you say best exemplifies a youth who has been retained in school,
involved with deviant peers, and experiments with drugs? - CORRECT ANSWER At-risk
youth
Which of the following refers to English statutes that allowed the courts to appoint overseers over
destitute and neglected children, allowing placement of these children as servants in the homes of the
affluent? - CORRECT ANSWER Poor laws
What is the term used to to describe the reduction in the frequency a youth's offending? - CORRECT
ANSWER Aging-out process
What was the name of the period that ushered a new age for childhood and family? - CORRECT
ANSWER Enlightenment
Which of the following refers to youths who are spread too thin, experience personal uncertainty, and
place themselves at the mercy of people who promise to give them a sense of identity they cannot
develop for themselves? - CORRECT ANSWER Role diffusion
What is the single most effective preventive strategy against adult poverty? - CORRECT ANSWER
Graduation from high school
How was the concept of parens patriae was first used by English kings? - CORRECT ANSWER
Intervene in the lives and families of children whose position and property were of direct
concern to the monarch
What philosophical viewpoint encourages the state to take control of wayward children and provide
care, custody, and treatment remedy delinquent behavior? - CORRECT ANSWER Best
interests of the child
