Exam 15: Corrections and Delinquency

An alternative to incarceration, place that aim to provide a nurturing home environment for adjudicated youth are called wilderness programs.

Girls in detention are most often diagnosed with ________ disorder.

Which sanction is used with virtually all first-time juvenile offenders?

After release from detention facilities, aftercare workers and parole officers focus mainly on a youth's __________.

Recently, courts have ruled that juveniles who are in detention facilities have the right to __________.

Private companies that operate correctional facilities often select youths who will pose minimal behavioral or disciplinary problems, a process known as __________.

Private companies that operate correctional facilities often select youths who will pose minimal behavioral or disciplinary problems, a process known as __________.

The National Council on Crime and Delinquency identified that the most critical route to delinquency for young girls is __________.

An alternative to incarceration, place that aim to provide a nurturing home environment for adjudicated youth are called __________.

Approximately 90 percent of youths in juvenile detention facilities have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorders.

A history of sexual abuse is said to be a factor that contributes to an increased risk of suicide for incarcerated youths.

A difference between juvenile detention centers and adult prisons is that the former emphasizes maintaining order.

The most successful programs in reducing juvenile recidivism focus on psychological counseling.

Taking into account all offenses, American Indians are most likely to be detained.

The most successful programs in reducing juvenile recidivism focus on __________.

Approximately how many youths in juvenile detention facilities have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorders?

Research on school-based probation finds that it results in lower caseloads for probation officers.

A sentence that results in a juvenile paying for damages is called restitution.

Which of the following often occurs in the use of shock probation?

Taking into account all offenses, which group is most likely to be detained?