Test Bank For Business Juvenile Delinquency 13th Edition
Chapter 1. Childhood and Delinquency.
1. The effects on children’s cognitive achievement, educational
attainment, nutrition, physical and mental health, and social behavior
due to poverty are limited.
a. True
*b. False
2. The U.S. is still one of the few democracies in the world that will
put a juvenile offender to death for a capital offense.
a. True
*b. False
3. The superego, according to Freud, is formed when youths develop a
full sense of the self, combining how they see themselves and how they
fit in with others.
a. True
*b. False
4. Ego identity and role diffusion are used interchangeably to describe
how juveniles tend to give in to peer pressure through their early teen
years.
a. True
*b. False
5. By age 18, American youths have spent more time in front of a
television than in the classroom.
*a. True
b. False
6. Based on current social mechanisms that have been put in place over
the last decade, child poverty in the United States no longer has a
long-lasting negative effect on children’s cognitive achievement,
educational attainment, and overall physical and mental health.
a. True
*b. False
7. Today’s youths appear to be drinking less alcohol and taking fewer
drugs when compared to previous generations.
*a. True
b. False
,Test Bank For Business Juvenile Delinquency 13th Edition
Chapter 1. Childhood and Delinquency.
8. The study of juvenile delinquency involves a variety of social
problems faced by youth; it does not extend to the analysis of the
various components of the justice system such as law enforcement.
a. True
*b. False
9. As soon as they were physically able to do so, children of peasants
were expected to engage in adult roles.
*a. True
b. False
10. During the Middle Ages high infant mortality rates kept parents
from emotionally bonding with their children.
*a. True
b. False
11. The federal law known as the “Factory Act” sought to formally limit
the number of hours children were permitted to work, but did nothing to
address school attendance.
a. True
*b. False
12. Early English jurisprudence held that children under the age of 6
were legally incapable of committing crimes.
a. True
*b. False
13. Voluntary apprentices were bound out by parents or guardians who
wished to secure training for their children.
*a. True
b. False
14. Involuntary apprenticeship, indenture, and binding out of children
did not become responses to the problems of indigent, delinquent, or
orphaned children until the late eighteenth century.
a. True
*b. False
15. Under parens patriae delinquent acts are not considered criminal
violations.
,Test Bank For Business Juvenile Delinquency 13th Edition
Chapter 1. Childhood and Delinquency.
*a. True
b. False
16. Minors in the United States that are apprehended for any criminal
act are always charged as a juvenile, and then adjudicated delinquent.
a. True
*b. False
17. Delinquent behavior tends to be sanctioned less heavily than adult
criminality because the law considers juveniles as being less
responsible for their behavior than adults.
*a. True
b. False
18. Some states grant the juvenile court judge discretion to substitute
a status offense for a delinquency charge.
*a. True
b. False
19. Recent studies have indicated that as a result of
deinstitutionalization, children who can no longer be detained are
being relabeled as delinquent offenders in order to house the youth in
secure facilities.
*a. True
b. False
20. The courts have struck down most juvenile curfew laws as
unconstitutional.
a. True
*b. False
21. Young people who are extremely vulnerable to the negative consequences of school, failure,
substance abuse, and early sexuality are often referred to as:
a. chronic offenders
b. mentally disturbed
*c. at-risk youth
d. delinquent
, Test Bank For Business Juvenile Delinquency 13th Edition
Chapter 1. Childhood and Delinquency.
22. Which of the following Supreme Court cases provided the possibility of parole for a youth
under the age of 18?
a. Tennessee v. Garner
*b. Miller v. Alabama
c. Roper v. Simmons
d. In re Gault
23. Which generation is described as technology savvy, patriotic as a result of the 9/11 attacks,
self-centered, and irresponsible, as well as having an unrealistic view of how the work world
functions?
a. Generation Alpha
b. Generation X
*c. Generation Y
d. Generation Z
24. What is the single most effective preventive strategy against adult poverty?
a. Avoid gangs
b. Earn a college degree
c. Avoid substance abuse
*d. Graduate from high school
25. 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?
a. Ego confusion
*b. Role diffusion
c. Conduct disorder
d. Identity crisis
26. According to Erik Erikson, what is formed when a person develops a firm sense of self?
a. Personality
b. Id formation
*c. Ego identity
d. Role diffusion
27. How does the government define poverty?
a. $32,000 a year for a family of four
b. $24,000 a year for a family of three
Chapter 1. Childhood and Delinquency.
1. The effects on children’s cognitive achievement, educational
attainment, nutrition, physical and mental health, and social behavior
due to poverty are limited.
a. True
*b. False
2. The U.S. is still one of the few democracies in the world that will
put a juvenile offender to death for a capital offense.
a. True
*b. False
3. The superego, according to Freud, is formed when youths develop a
full sense of the self, combining how they see themselves and how they
fit in with others.
a. True
*b. False
4. Ego identity and role diffusion are used interchangeably to describe
how juveniles tend to give in to peer pressure through their early teen
years.
a. True
*b. False
5. By age 18, American youths have spent more time in front of a
television than in the classroom.
*a. True
b. False
6. Based on current social mechanisms that have been put in place over
the last decade, child poverty in the United States no longer has a
long-lasting negative effect on children’s cognitive achievement,
educational attainment, and overall physical and mental health.
a. True
*b. False
7. Today’s youths appear to be drinking less alcohol and taking fewer
drugs when compared to previous generations.
*a. True
b. False
,Test Bank For Business Juvenile Delinquency 13th Edition
Chapter 1. Childhood and Delinquency.
8. The study of juvenile delinquency involves a variety of social
problems faced by youth; it does not extend to the analysis of the
various components of the justice system such as law enforcement.
a. True
*b. False
9. As soon as they were physically able to do so, children of peasants
were expected to engage in adult roles.
*a. True
b. False
10. During the Middle Ages high infant mortality rates kept parents
from emotionally bonding with their children.
*a. True
b. False
11. The federal law known as the “Factory Act” sought to formally limit
the number of hours children were permitted to work, but did nothing to
address school attendance.
a. True
*b. False
12. Early English jurisprudence held that children under the age of 6
were legally incapable of committing crimes.
a. True
*b. False
13. Voluntary apprentices were bound out by parents or guardians who
wished to secure training for their children.
*a. True
b. False
14. Involuntary apprenticeship, indenture, and binding out of children
did not become responses to the problems of indigent, delinquent, or
orphaned children until the late eighteenth century.
a. True
*b. False
15. Under parens patriae delinquent acts are not considered criminal
violations.
,Test Bank For Business Juvenile Delinquency 13th Edition
Chapter 1. Childhood and Delinquency.
*a. True
b. False
16. Minors in the United States that are apprehended for any criminal
act are always charged as a juvenile, and then adjudicated delinquent.
a. True
*b. False
17. Delinquent behavior tends to be sanctioned less heavily than adult
criminality because the law considers juveniles as being less
responsible for their behavior than adults.
*a. True
b. False
18. Some states grant the juvenile court judge discretion to substitute
a status offense for a delinquency charge.
*a. True
b. False
19. Recent studies have indicated that as a result of
deinstitutionalization, children who can no longer be detained are
being relabeled as delinquent offenders in order to house the youth in
secure facilities.
*a. True
b. False
20. The courts have struck down most juvenile curfew laws as
unconstitutional.
a. True
*b. False
21. Young people who are extremely vulnerable to the negative consequences of school, failure,
substance abuse, and early sexuality are often referred to as:
a. chronic offenders
b. mentally disturbed
*c. at-risk youth
d. delinquent
, Test Bank For Business Juvenile Delinquency 13th Edition
Chapter 1. Childhood and Delinquency.
22. Which of the following Supreme Court cases provided the possibility of parole for a youth
under the age of 18?
a. Tennessee v. Garner
*b. Miller v. Alabama
c. Roper v. Simmons
d. In re Gault
23. Which generation is described as technology savvy, patriotic as a result of the 9/11 attacks,
self-centered, and irresponsible, as well as having an unrealistic view of how the work world
functions?
a. Generation Alpha
b. Generation X
*c. Generation Y
d. Generation Z
24. What is the single most effective preventive strategy against adult poverty?
a. Avoid gangs
b. Earn a college degree
c. Avoid substance abuse
*d. Graduate from high school
25. 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?
a. Ego confusion
*b. Role diffusion
c. Conduct disorder
d. Identity crisis
26. According to Erik Erikson, what is formed when a person develops a firm sense of self?
a. Personality
b. Id formation
*c. Ego identity
d. Role diffusion
27. How does the government define poverty?
a. $32,000 a year for a family of four
b. $24,000 a year for a family of three
