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The recent trend toward a "get tough" attitude in juvenile justice has produced |
| | A) | an increase in the belief that juveniles lack the same level of culpability as adults |
| | B) | an increase in the use of waiver to adult court |
| | C) | prohibition on the practice of blended sentencing |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Another term for waiver to adult court is |
| | A) | certification |
| | B) | transfer |
| | C) | remand |
| | D) | all of the above |
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The number of states that allow juveniles to be waived to adult court is |
| | A) | 10 |
| | B) | 14 |
| | C) | 48 |
| | D) | 50 |
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The age at which a juvenile court no longer has jurisdiction over a juvenile offender and the juvenile must be released from a juvenile institution is known as the |
| | A) | maximum age of juvenile court jurisdiction |
| | B) | minimum age of juvenile court jurisdiction |
| | C) | jurisdictional age limit |
| | D) | release age |
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When a prosecutor files a petition requesting that the juvenile court waive its original jurisdiction over a juvenile offender and a judge makes the final decision to waive, this is a type of waiver known as |
| | A) | discretionary judicial waiver |
| | B) | mandatory judicial waiver |
| | C) | prosecutorial waiver |
| | D) | statutory waiver |
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A waiver hearing must be held before a juvenile can be waived to adult court under a |
| | A) | discretionary judicial waiver |
| | B) | legislative waiver |
| | C) | statutory exclusion |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Which of the following is not one of the Kent criteria? |
| | A) | the seriousness of the alleged offense to the community and whether the protection of the community requires waiver |
| | B) | whether the alleged offense was committed in an aggressive, violent, premeditated, or willful manner |
| | C) | whether the alleged offense was against persons or property |
| | D) | the policies of the jurisdiction |
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A type of waiver that excludes certain offenses from the jurisdiction of a juvenile court, usually violent crimes, is known as |
| | A) | "once an adult always an adult" law |
| | B) | statutory exclusion |
| | C) | prosecutorial waiver |
| | D) | judicial waiver |
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Under a prosecutorial waiver |
| | A) | a prosecutor files a petition requesting waiver, but a judge makes the final decision |
| | B) | the prosecutor decides which cases will be sent to adult court based on the state's laws, which automatically remove certain offenders from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court |
| | C) | the prosecutor has the option of either filing charges in juvenile or adult court |
| | D) | a judge directs a prosecutor to file charges against a juvenile in adult court |
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Studies have shown that waiver to adult court is |
| | A) | definitely effective in ensuring that juveniles waived to adult court receive more severe sanctions than they would have received in juvenile court |
| | B) | used almost exclusively for juveniles accused of violent offenses |
| | C) | used for both violent and property offenders |
| | D) | used far more often for property offenders than for violent offenders |
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According to Barry C. Feld, the punishment gap is |
| | A) | the discovery that juveniles waived to adult court for the first time are usually given the leniency accorded to first-time adult offenders |
| | B) | the discovery that juveniles waived to adult court receive more severe punishments than adults accused of similar crimes |
| | C) | the difference between the sanctions possible under the juvenile justice system and those available under the criminal justice system |
| | D) | the differences between the sentences of offenders accused of similar crimes in different states |
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A type of blended sentencing in which a juvenile is processed in juvenile court and, once adjudicated, receives a sentence in either the juvenile or adult correctional system is known as |
| | A) | juvenile-exclusive blend |
| | B) | juvenile-inclusive blend |
| | C) | juvenile-contiguous blend |
| | D) | criminal-exclusive blend |
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In what type of blended sentencing is a case processed in adult court and, once convicted, the juvenile offender may receive a sentence in both the juvenile and adult correctional systems? |
| | A) | juvenile-inclusive blend |
| | B) | juvenile-contiguous blend |
| | C) | criminal-exclusive blend |
| | D) | criminal-inclusive blend |
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A male juvenile is convicted of aggravated robbery in juvenile court and sentenced to incarceration in a juvenile institution and ten years in adult prison that he will serve if he does not behave appropriately in the juvenile institution. This is an example of |
| | A) | juvenile-exclusive blend |
| | B) | juvenile-inclusive blend |
| | C) | juvenile-contiguous blend |
| | D) | criminal-exclusive blend |
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The Supreme Court has held that the death penalty is constitutional |
| | A) | for adults and juveniles of all ages |
| | B) | only for adult offenders |
| | C) | for juveniles who were at least 13 at the time of their offenses |
| | D) | for juveniles who were at least 16 at the time of their offenses |
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2003 McGraw-Hill Higher Education