Exam 13: Juvenile Justice at a Crossroads: The Accelerating Call for Reform

The National Partnership for Juvenile Services was developed to:

For juveniles with mental illness, incarceration may have negative long-term effects.

The best prevention and intervention programs have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:

In institutional settings, treatments that follow basic principles of _______therapy are usually superior to other approaches.

The first juvenile court was based on the belief that children deserved a different, ___________ oriented approach.

Toughened juvenile sanctions began to be set during the 1980s.

Concerning the toughened juvenile sanctions of the 1970s, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The impact of interventions should be systematically assessed when evaluating juvenile programs.

All of the following factors encourage policymakers to seek reform EXCEPT:

Discuss the factors encouraging policymakers to seek reform in the juvenile justice system.  Do you agree with the factors?  Support your answer.

The trend toward the criminalization of mental illness is found only in the adult criminal justice system.

The National Partnership for Juvenile Services is a nonprofit collaboration of five juvenile justice advocacy groups.

Youth should not be held accountable for their actions according to the Model Systems Project.

Small rehabilitation centers can give youths the care and ___________ needed to integrate back into society.

Counsel appointed to youth should have training on adolescent development.

Collectively, the nation has begun to do all of the following in regards to where juvenile justice stands today EXCEPT:

The Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice is an association comprised of family court judges.

According to the text, the best systems for reducing institutionalization are:

Reducing the workload of patrol officers is one of the benefits of the _____________

________ and _______are important factors when calculating criminal punishment.