Juvenile Delinquency Exam Questions
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By being out at 1 a.m., what additional law has Jennifer broken?
A. CHINS law
B. Curfew laws
C. Wayward minor law
D. Bindover law - ✔✔B. Curfew laws
Adults 25 years of age and older with less than a high school diploma earn ______
percent less than those who have earned a high school diploma.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 20
D. 30 - ✔✔D. 30
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,The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601 created a system of church wardens and overseers
who, with the consent of justices of the peace, identified vagrant, delinquent, and
neglected children and put them to work.
True
False - ✔✔True
Educational problems are more likely to affect minority kids. According to the
Children's Defense Fund, which of the following statements are false about African-
American children?
A. More than four times as likely to be expelled from school
B. More than likely to be held back or retained in school
C. Half as likely to be placed in a gifted and talented class
D. Suspended at the same rate as white students - ✔✔D. Suspended at the same rate as
white students
Several events led to reforms and nourished the eventual development of the juvenile
justice system, which of the following is not one of those events?
A. Passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
B. Urbanization
C. The child-saving movement
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,D. Institutions for the care of delinquent and neglected children, including houses of
refuge - ✔✔A. Passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
Steven is a 17 year-old male who murdered a fellow classmate while at school with a
firearm. He was arrested by police and is currently in the county jail awaiting charges
and a potential trial. Depending upon case circumstances, Steven's parents may be held
civilly responsible for his conduct because he is a minor, under the concept of:
A. stare decisis
B. osmosis
C. bad apples
D. vicarious liability - ✔✔D. vicarious liability
Which of the following statements is false regarding the initial establishment of juvenile
courts?
A. Parens patriae philosophy predominated
B. The process was paternalistic rather than adversarial
C. Verdicts were based on beyond a reasonable doubt
D. Jurisdiction was based primarily on a child's noncriminal actions and status, not
strictly on a violation of criminal law - ✔✔C. Verdicts were based on beyond a
reasonable doubt
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, Jennifer is a 15 year-old female found in a local park by police at 1 a.m. drinking
alcohol. She was taken into the police station and reported that she ran away from
home because of physical and sexual abuse by her stepfather.
A. 1 million
B. 1.3 million
C. 250,000
D. 100,000 - ✔✔C. 250,000
According to the text, U.S. children and adolescents experience various health and
mortality problems. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Less than 20% of adolescents meet current physical activity recommendations of 1
hour of physical activity a day
B. About 10% of youth do not have health care coverage
C. The percent of children born at low birth weight has increased
D. More police officers are killed by firearms than preschoolers - ✔✔D. More police
officers are killed by firearms than preschoolers
By what year did juvenile courts exist in virtually every jurisdiction in every state?
A. 1946
B. 1925
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By being out at 1 a.m., what additional law has Jennifer broken?
A. CHINS law
B. Curfew laws
C. Wayward minor law
D. Bindover law - ✔✔B. Curfew laws
Adults 25 years of age and older with less than a high school diploma earn ______
percent less than those who have earned a high school diploma.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 20
D. 30 - ✔✔D. 30
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,The Elizabethan Poor Laws of 1601 created a system of church wardens and overseers
who, with the consent of justices of the peace, identified vagrant, delinquent, and
neglected children and put them to work.
True
False - ✔✔True
Educational problems are more likely to affect minority kids. According to the
Children's Defense Fund, which of the following statements are false about African-
American children?
A. More than four times as likely to be expelled from school
B. More than likely to be held back or retained in school
C. Half as likely to be placed in a gifted and talented class
D. Suspended at the same rate as white students - ✔✔D. Suspended at the same rate as
white students
Several events led to reforms and nourished the eventual development of the juvenile
justice system, which of the following is not one of those events?
A. Passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
B. Urbanization
C. The child-saving movement
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,D. Institutions for the care of delinquent and neglected children, including houses of
refuge - ✔✔A. Passage of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
Steven is a 17 year-old male who murdered a fellow classmate while at school with a
firearm. He was arrested by police and is currently in the county jail awaiting charges
and a potential trial. Depending upon case circumstances, Steven's parents may be held
civilly responsible for his conduct because he is a minor, under the concept of:
A. stare decisis
B. osmosis
C. bad apples
D. vicarious liability - ✔✔D. vicarious liability
Which of the following statements is false regarding the initial establishment of juvenile
courts?
A. Parens patriae philosophy predominated
B. The process was paternalistic rather than adversarial
C. Verdicts were based on beyond a reasonable doubt
D. Jurisdiction was based primarily on a child's noncriminal actions and status, not
strictly on a violation of criminal law - ✔✔C. Verdicts were based on beyond a
reasonable doubt
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, Jennifer is a 15 year-old female found in a local park by police at 1 a.m. drinking
alcohol. She was taken into the police station and reported that she ran away from
home because of physical and sexual abuse by her stepfather.
A. 1 million
B. 1.3 million
C. 250,000
D. 100,000 - ✔✔C. 250,000
According to the text, U.S. children and adolescents experience various health and
mortality problems. Which of the following statements is false?
A. Less than 20% of adolescents meet current physical activity recommendations of 1
hour of physical activity a day
B. About 10% of youth do not have health care coverage
C. The percent of children born at low birth weight has increased
D. More police officers are killed by firearms than preschoolers - ✔✔D. More police
officers are killed by firearms than preschoolers
By what year did juvenile courts exist in virtually every jurisdiction in every state?
A. 1946
B. 1925
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