Juvenile Justice Exam Questions and
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TorF: juvenile courts are the same as criminal courts - ✔✔false
TorF: a nominal punishment might be a verbal warning or reprimand - ✔✔true
a conditional disposition would be - ✔✔probation
Those who support the "get tough: approach believe juvenile offenders should be -
✔✔punished
Which of the following would NOT be considered a status offense? - ✔✔shoplifting
The juvenile equivalent of an adult sentence is called a(n) - ✔✔disposition
Keeping juvenile offenders from contact with adult offenders is one purpose of the: -
✔✔Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act
Which of the following is a potential outcome of Deinstitutionalization of Status
Offenders? (DSO) - ✔✔the number of status offenders in secure facilities will be
reduced
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, Bringing juveniles into the juvenile justice system who would not otherwise be involved
in delinquent activity is known as - ✔✔net widening
The screening procedure usually conducted by a juvenile probation officer to determine
whether to release a juvenile offender to parental custody or recommend detention for
further court action is known as - ✔✔intake
TorF: The primary incentive for operating workhouses was to offer rehabilitative
opportunities for offenders - ✔✔false
TorF: Juveniles who commit homicide are relatively rare: - ✔✔true
Public opinion polls indicate that Americans believe the purpose of the juvenile justice
system should be - ✔✔rehabilitation
Annual crime statistics published yearly by the FBI are known as the - ✔✔uniform
crime report
Crimes punishable by jail confinement for up to one year are called - ✔✔misdemeanors
A common criticism of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime
Victimization Survey is that they - ✔✔underestimate the amount of the crime
committed in the U.S.
Delinquency which occurs but is neither detected by nor reported to police is known as
- ✔✔hidden delinquency
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TorF: juvenile courts are the same as criminal courts - ✔✔false
TorF: a nominal punishment might be a verbal warning or reprimand - ✔✔true
a conditional disposition would be - ✔✔probation
Those who support the "get tough: approach believe juvenile offenders should be -
✔✔punished
Which of the following would NOT be considered a status offense? - ✔✔shoplifting
The juvenile equivalent of an adult sentence is called a(n) - ✔✔disposition
Keeping juvenile offenders from contact with adult offenders is one purpose of the: -
✔✔Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act
Which of the following is a potential outcome of Deinstitutionalization of Status
Offenders? (DSO) - ✔✔the number of status offenders in secure facilities will be
reduced
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, Bringing juveniles into the juvenile justice system who would not otherwise be involved
in delinquent activity is known as - ✔✔net widening
The screening procedure usually conducted by a juvenile probation officer to determine
whether to release a juvenile offender to parental custody or recommend detention for
further court action is known as - ✔✔intake
TorF: The primary incentive for operating workhouses was to offer rehabilitative
opportunities for offenders - ✔✔false
TorF: Juveniles who commit homicide are relatively rare: - ✔✔true
Public opinion polls indicate that Americans believe the purpose of the juvenile justice
system should be - ✔✔rehabilitation
Annual crime statistics published yearly by the FBI are known as the - ✔✔uniform
crime report
Crimes punishable by jail confinement for up to one year are called - ✔✔misdemeanors
A common criticism of the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and the National Crime
Victimization Survey is that they - ✔✔underestimate the amount of the crime
committed in the U.S.
Delinquency which occurs but is neither detected by nor reported to police is known as
- ✔✔hidden delinquency
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