Juvenile Justice Exam Questions and
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Approximately 2,000 years ago, both Roman civil law and later canon (church) law
made distinctions between juveniles and adults based on the notion of age of
responsibility. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
The United States allows juveniles to be executed.
True - ✔✔False (chapter 1)
The Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that a mandatory life sentence without parole violates
the 8th amendment. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
The casework approach to juvenile justice is soundly unconstitutional. - ✔✔False
(chapter 1)
The legalistic approach to juvenile justice is an informal, therapeutic, and unofficial
approach. - ✔✔False (chapter 1)
Status offenders are still considered delinquents. - ✔✔False (chapter 1)
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,Chancery courts did not deal with dependent and neglected children. - ✔✔False
(chapter 1)
The debate over treatment of juvenile offenders versus punishment of juvenile
offenders continues to this day. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
For a number of years, the trend was to hold younger and younger juveniles
accountable for their offenses, to exclude certain offenses from the jurisdiction of the
juvenile court, and to establish mandatory or automatic waiver provisions for certain
offenses. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
The discrepancy between the ideal (theory) and practice (reality) within the juvenile
justice system remains considerable. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
Under the Code of Hammurabi, children under the age of 7 were presumed to be
incapable of forming criminal intent. - ✔✔False (chapter 1)
The question of when and under what circumstances youth are capable of forming
mens rea remains a grey area in the juvenile justice system. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
Developers of the juvenile justice system in the U.S. intended legal intervention to be
provided under the rules of civil law rather than criminal law. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
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, A period of transition toward progressive legalism of the juvenile justice system
occurred in the latter part of the 18th century through the 19th century. - ✔✔False
(chapter 1)
Currently, a number of jurisdictions across the United States are reviewing the basic
operations of juvenile justice and the effectiveness of system reforms. - ✔✔True (chapter
1)
Without specific definitions, accurate measurement is impossible, making development
of programs to prevent and control delinquency and offenses against juveniles
extremely difficult. - ✔✔True (Chapter 2)
Using the behavioral definition, a juvenile who committed a relatively serious offense
but was not apprehended would not be classified as delinquent. - ✔✔False (Chapter 2)
There is a dark figure of delinquent activity where a substantial amount of illegal
behavior committed by youth is not detected. - ✔✔True (Chapter 2)
A basic difficulty with legal definitions is that they differ from time to time and from
place to place. - ✔✔True (Chapter 2)
An act that is delinquent at one time and in one place might not be delinquent at
another time or in another place. - ✔✔True (Chapter 2)
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Answers 100% Pass
Approximately 2,000 years ago, both Roman civil law and later canon (church) law
made distinctions between juveniles and adults based on the notion of age of
responsibility. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
The United States allows juveniles to be executed.
True - ✔✔False (chapter 1)
The Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that a mandatory life sentence without parole violates
the 8th amendment. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
The casework approach to juvenile justice is soundly unconstitutional. - ✔✔False
(chapter 1)
The legalistic approach to juvenile justice is an informal, therapeutic, and unofficial
approach. - ✔✔False (chapter 1)
Status offenders are still considered delinquents. - ✔✔False (chapter 1)
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,Chancery courts did not deal with dependent and neglected children. - ✔✔False
(chapter 1)
The debate over treatment of juvenile offenders versus punishment of juvenile
offenders continues to this day. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
For a number of years, the trend was to hold younger and younger juveniles
accountable for their offenses, to exclude certain offenses from the jurisdiction of the
juvenile court, and to establish mandatory or automatic waiver provisions for certain
offenses. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
The discrepancy between the ideal (theory) and practice (reality) within the juvenile
justice system remains considerable. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
Under the Code of Hammurabi, children under the age of 7 were presumed to be
incapable of forming criminal intent. - ✔✔False (chapter 1)
The question of when and under what circumstances youth are capable of forming
mens rea remains a grey area in the juvenile justice system. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
Developers of the juvenile justice system in the U.S. intended legal intervention to be
provided under the rules of civil law rather than criminal law. - ✔✔True (chapter 1)
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, A period of transition toward progressive legalism of the juvenile justice system
occurred in the latter part of the 18th century through the 19th century. - ✔✔False
(chapter 1)
Currently, a number of jurisdictions across the United States are reviewing the basic
operations of juvenile justice and the effectiveness of system reforms. - ✔✔True (chapter
1)
Without specific definitions, accurate measurement is impossible, making development
of programs to prevent and control delinquency and offenses against juveniles
extremely difficult. - ✔✔True (Chapter 2)
Using the behavioral definition, a juvenile who committed a relatively serious offense
but was not apprehended would not be classified as delinquent. - ✔✔False (Chapter 2)
There is a dark figure of delinquent activity where a substantial amount of illegal
behavior committed by youth is not detected. - ✔✔True (Chapter 2)
A basic difficulty with legal definitions is that they differ from time to time and from
place to place. - ✔✔True (Chapter 2)
An act that is delinquent at one time and in one place might not be delinquent at
another time or in another place. - ✔✔True (Chapter 2)
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