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A separate juvenile justice system is guaranteed by |
| | A) | the U.S. Constitution |
| | B) | U. S. Supreme Court decisions |
| | C) | the constitutions of each of the 50 states |
| | D) | there is no guarantee of a separate juvenile justice system |
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Under English Common Law, a juvenile could be held responsible for their own criminal action once they reached the age of |
| | A) | 5 |
| | B) | 6 |
| | C) | 7 |
| | D) | there was no minimum age |
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Before the 20th century, it was legal to |
| | A) | buy and sell children |
| | B) | sentence juveniles to death |
| | C) | send children to adult prisons and house them in the general adult population |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The puritanical ideal at the heart of many juvenile justice reforms held that |
| | A) | the best way to cure juvenile delinquency was to remove the juvenile form the corrupting influence of the city and poverty |
| | B) | juveniles should be removed from their parents and sold to wealthy businessmen |
| | C) | delinquents could be cured in orphanages and work houses and made to be productive members of society |
| | D) | children were fully capable of developing free will |
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The first American penal institution to address juvenile issues specifically was the |
| | A) | Pennsylvania Jail |
| | B) | Walnut Street Jail |
| | C) | Auburn Prison |
| | D) | Illinois State Prison |
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Institutions created in New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts that were designed to take in all children who were neglected, abused, or delinquent were known as |
| | A) | work houses |
| | B) | reform schools |
| | C) | youth ranches |
| | D) | houses of refuge |
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The legal concepts that serve as the foundation for the juvenile justice system are |
| | A) | in loco parentis and chattel rules |
| | B) | in loco parentis and agrarian values |
| | C) | parens patriae and in loco parentis |
| | D) | parens patriae and Ex parte Crouse |
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The first laws that established a separate juvenile justice system guaranteed that |
| | A) | the juvenile justice system would be inquisitorial, rather than adversarial |
| | B) | juvenile justice proceedings should be handled in a separate courtroom from adult criminal proceedings |
| | C) | the court has the ability to do what is best for the child, and to decide what that is, regardless of a parent's wishes |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Among the assumptions about juvenile justice that were changed during the due process revolution of the 1960s to 1980s was |
| | A) | the idea that children are property |
| | B) | the juvenile justice system required broad discretion |
| | C) | due process would inhibit the ability of the juvenile justice system to rehabilitate offenders |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The expansion of the use of determinate sentencing is a product of |
| | A) | the due process revolution |
| | B) | the traditional model of juvenile justice |
| | C) | the punitive model of juvenile justice |
| | D) | the failure of drug courts |
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The concept of criminal intent is embodied in the term |
| | A) | mens rea |
| | B) | in loco parentis |
| | C) | parens patriae |
| | D) | due process |
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The federal law that mandates that juvenile offenders should be held in sight and sound separation from adults and that status offenders should not be institutionalized is known as the |
| | A) | Balanced and Restorative Justice Act |
| | B) | Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act |
| | C) | Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders Act |
| | D) | Juvenile Confinement Act |
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An assumption of the punitive model of juvenile justice is |
| | A) | certain juveniles are just as culpable as adults |
| | B) | juveniles are not as intellectually, socially, or morally as developed as adults |
| | C) | due process is unimportant and hinders treatment |
| | D) | juvenile records should be kept strictly confidential |
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According to the traditional model of juvenile justice |
| | A) | the juvenile justice system requires broad discretion to take into account the various causes and cures of delinquency |
| | B) | the state can act in loco parentis while providing fundamental due process rights |
| | C) | the goal of the system is prevention of future delinquency through punishment, incapacitation, deterrence, and holding juveniles accountable |
| | D) | all of the above |
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One reason to consider the juvenile justice system a success is |
| | A) | juvenile offenders cannot commit new crimes if they are institutionalized |
| | B) | the system handles a large number of juveniles, the vast majority of whom will never come in contact with the system again |
| | C) | although assumptions about juvenile justice have changed, the system has remained steady and held to its traditional values of rehabilitation |
| | D) | the system has proven that it can rehabilitate serious and violent offenders |
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education