Exam 15: Juvenile Justice in the Twenty-First Century

The high rates of recidivism of juveniles being released from training school has been one of the stimulators for an increased emphasis on reentry.

There is an encouraging movement of ________ in the corrections field.

Becoming a corrections professional means to keep your ________ stuff from getting into the way.

Which of the following is a desirable characteristic of corrections professionals?

Gender and ________ integration in juvenile corrections actually took place before adult corrections and has been implemented at least as much, if not more so, in the juvenile justice system.

What did the American Correctional Association Commission on Accreditation accomplish in the late 1970s.

Every weekday you work at your regular job in the morning and at 2:00 PM you teach an English class at a juvenile correctional facility to youths between the ages 15 and 18. You teach a writing class to just the 17-year-olds at 3:00, then head home to plan your lessons for the next day. What is likely to be your profession between detention worker, high school teacher, school resource officer, and probation officer?

Match each term with its description. -Juvenile judge

A career as a residential counselor would fall under court employment.

If you worked on the gang detail, you would likely be an employee of a ________ department.

A criminal justice internship is a "fast track" to guaranteed post-graduation employment.

There may not be many jobs in juvenile justice and juvenile corrections but the opportunities for advancement are great.

Match each term with its description. -2010-2011

Match each term with its description. -School resource officer

Supremacists and ________ groups are targeting young people through their websites.

What trend in juvenile corrections gives correctional officers more involvement and control over the population they supervise?

To accomplish the mission of professionalism, disciplinary interaction between correctional staff and residents need to be videotaped.

Which of the following is True regarding techno-corrections?

Death in the schools is a rarity.

Match each term with its description. -Social worker