juvenile justice practice exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Social reaction theory is also commonly called critical theory. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Flase
Secondary deviance produces a deviance amplification effect. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
People often interpret symbolic gestures from others, but rarely incorporate them in their self-
image. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
While some judges feel sympathetic toward White defendants, they never help them avoid
delinquent labels. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
In some cases, youthful offenders fight back against their negative labels. - CORRECT
ANSWER - true
According to the General Theory of Crime (GTC), the propensity to commit antisocial acts is
indirectly tied to a person's level of self-control. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Some individuals are incapable of maturing in a reasonable and timely fashion because of family,
environmental, or personal problems. - CORRECT ANSWER - true
Trajectory theorists recognize that career delinquents may travel multiple roads. - CORRECT
ANSWER - true
Laub and Sampson found that adolescents who were adjudicated delinquent at an early age were
no more likely to develop antisocial attitudes as adults than were adolescents who were never
adjudicated delinquent. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Social reaction theory is also commonly called critical theory. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Flase
Secondary deviance produces a deviance amplification effect. - CORRECT ANSWER -
True
People often interpret symbolic gestures from others, but rarely incorporate them in their self-
image. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
While some judges feel sympathetic toward White defendants, they never help them avoid
delinquent labels. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
In some cases, youthful offenders fight back against their negative labels. - CORRECT
ANSWER - true
According to the General Theory of Crime (GTC), the propensity to commit antisocial acts is
indirectly tied to a person's level of self-control. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
Some individuals are incapable of maturing in a reasonable and timely fashion because of family,
environmental, or personal problems. - CORRECT ANSWER - true
Trajectory theorists recognize that career delinquents may travel multiple roads. - CORRECT
ANSWER - true
Laub and Sampson found that adolescents who were adjudicated delinquent at an early age were
no more likely to develop antisocial attitudes as adults than were adolescents who were never
adjudicated delinquent. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
