Deck 11: Juvenile Corrections

Question 1

More than __________ juveniles were arrested in 2009.

A) 5 million
B) 2.5 million
C) 1.9 million
D) 3.2 million

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Approximately __________ juvenile offenders are in either a public or private residential treatment facility.

A) 100,000
B) 1.9 million
C) 81,000
D) 1.5 million

Answer 2

C

Question 3

These institutions house the delinquents whom juvenile court judges consider unfit for probation or some other lesser punishment.

A) Training schools
B) Shelters
C) Group homes
D) Boot camps

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The __________ system usually involves the grading of youths at one of several levels.

A) behavior modification
B) juvenile justice
C) cottage
D) training school

Question 5

These institutions are considered a temporary housing placement for juveniles from at-risk or abusive family situations.

A) group homes
B) training schools
C) boot camps
D) shelters

Question 6

__________ are residential facilities for relatively small numbers of youths.

A) Shelters
B) Group homes
C) Boot camps
D) Training schools

Question 7

__________ are short-term facilities that are intended to resemble basic training facilities for the military.

A) Boot camps
B) Training schools
C) Shelters
D) Group homes

Question 8

__________ can range from short stays in outdoor settings to rather long wagon train trips.

A) Wilderness camps
B) Training schools
C) Boot camps
D) Group camps

Question 9

__________ involved in the juvenile justice system have higher rates of mental health disorders than ____________.

A) girls; boys
B) boys; girls
C) younger children; older children
D) older children; younger children

Question 10

Research shows that the most prevalent problem in the juvenile justice system is __________.

A) disobedience
B) disruptive behavior
C) delinquency
D) mental health disorders

Question 11

Approximately __________ of youths report being sexually assaulted during their stay at a juvenile facility.

A) 10%
B) 12%
C) 15%
D) 20%

Question 12

The __________ model stresses rehabilitation and the active participation of families to help integrate the juvenile back to their community rather than the __________ model that emphasizes retribution and retaliation.

A) punishment; caring
B) caring; punishment
C) punitive; therapeutic
D) therapeutic; punitive

Question 13

The presence of gangs in the facility is __________ related to the percentage of youths who say that they have been offered contraband, the presence of poor youth―staff relations, and the use of chemical agents like pepper spray.

A) equally
B) not
C) negatively
D) significantly

Question 14

The term for offenders who are charged with running away, truancy, and smoking is _______.

A) status offenders
B) criminals
C) juvenile delinquents
D) children

Question 15

According to the text, the chances of a juvenile being transferred to adult court depends on the __________.

A) age of the offender
B) seriousness of the offense
C) race of the offender
D) gender of the offender

Question 16

The creation of __________ has been promoted as a compromise between the punitive=oriented and rehabilitation=oriented juvenile practitioners.

A) waiver to adult court
B) blended sentencing
C) combined sentences
D) none of the above

Question 17

__________ is the most common outcome for youths processed by the juvenile justice system.

A) Jail
B) Parole
C) Probation
D) Adult waiver

Question 18

When a child has been adjudicated as either a delinquent or a status offender, a probation officer usually conducts a __________.

A) criminal history investigation
B) school attendance investigation
C) family history investigation
D) social history investigation

Question 19

__________ information includes descriptive material about the delinquency or status offense, including the child's, the victim's, and the police officer's version of the offense, and verified data on the child's prior involvement.

A) Social history
B) Legal
C) Presentence
D) Juvenile

Question 20

__________ information includes verification of the child's age and information on the child's development, family, education, and possible problems such as the abuse of alcohol or other drugs.

A) Presentence
B) Legal
C) Drug
D) Social history

Question 21

__________ has/have been developed for juveniles who have been identified as needing more close supervision.

A) Parole
B) Intensive probation supervision
C) Boot camps
D) Group homes

Question 22

A juvenile receiving __________ may be ordered to remain in his or her residence during certain periods of time such as weekends or after a specified curfew.

A) house arrest
B) electronic monitoring
C) probation
D) parole

Question 23

__________ is often used to verify that an offender is at a specific location within the specified timeframes.

A) Probation
B) House arrest
C) Parental supervision
D) Electronic monitoring

Question 24

The failure rate of intensive supervision is often associated with increased __________ violations.

A) criminal
B) technical
C) status
D) delinquent

Question 25

Some training schools actually resemble adult prisons in terms of their architecture.

Question 26

The programming at state training schools is often a combination of academic and vocational education and behavior modification.

Question 27

Many boot camp programs also involve aftercare supervision for program graduates.

Question 28

Studies show that more than two-thirds of juveniles in the juvenile justice system experience mental disorders.

Question 29

There is recent evidence that juvenile institutions do not reduce recidivism compared to other punishments.

Question 30

Many are calling for harsher punishment for juvenile offenders, especially violent juvenile offenders. Do you think that persons holding that position are aware of the information on victimization in juvenile training schools (prisons)? Would knowledge of victimization risks in juvenile prisons affect calls for tougher measures for juveniles?

Question 31

Do juveniles deserve prisons that are different from adult offenders? Should we continue to model juvenile prisons after schools? Should we drop any pretense of lesser punishment for juveniles and make juvenile facilities similar to adult prisons?

Question 32

Would you consider a career in juvenile corrections, either prisons or community corrections? Why or why not?

Question 33

What measures should community corrections take to best serve juveniles? Give specific suggestions.

Question 34

Should community corrections for juveniles go back to its roots and try to emphasize rehabilitation, or should it attempt to incorporate more punitive dimensions? Do advocates of restorative justice or the balanced approach have the answer to the question of how can we make juvenile probation better? What would the ideal probation program for juveniles look like?

Question 35

How do you envision the future of juvenile corrections? What will juvenile prisons and probation look like a decade from now?

Question 36

Ethics Focus: "Who's There?"
You are a prosecutor in a state that allows juveniles to be tried as adults for crimes such as murder and to be sentenced to an adult prison. A 15-year-old talked two other boys, ages 15 and 14, respectively, into burglarizing the home of a 72-year-old woman who lived alone. The woman woke up during the burglary and shouted "Who's there?" Then she got out of bed and saw the three youths and called out the name of the youth who planned the burglary. She knew him because he had been her paperboy for more than a year and regularly collected payment from her. Panicking, he picked up a fireplace tool and hit her on the head several times. She died of her injuries.
-How do you handle this case?

Question 37

Ethics Focus: "Who's There?"
You are a prosecutor in a state that allows juveniles to be tried as adults for crimes such as murder and to be sentenced to an adult prison. A 15-year-old talked two other boys, ages 15 and 14, respectively, into burglarizing the home of a 72-year-old woman who lived alone. The woman woke up during the burglary and shouted "Who's there?" Then she got out of bed and saw the three youths and called out the name of the youth who planned the burglary. She knew him because he had been her paperboy for more than a year and regularly collected payment from her. Panicking, he picked up a fireplace tool and hit her on the head several times. She died of her injuries.
-Would you prosecute all three youths in juvenile court? In adult court? Would you seek life without parole (the most severe possible penalty for a juvenile) for any of the youths?

Question 38

Ethics Focus: "Who's There?"
You are a prosecutor in a state that allows juveniles to be tried as adults for crimes such as murder and to be sentenced to an adult prison. A 15-year-old talked two other boys, ages 15 and 14, respectively, into burglarizing the home of a 72-year-old woman who lived alone. The woman woke up during the burglary and shouted "Who's there?" Then she got out of bed and saw the three youths and called out the name of the youth who planned the burglary. She knew him because he had been her paperboy for more than a year and regularly collected payment from her. Panicking, he picked up a fireplace tool and hit her on the head several times. She died of her injuries.
-What possible mitigating factors would lead you to be more lenient in this case?

Question 39

Ethics Focus: "Who's There?"
You are a prosecutor in a state that allows juveniles to be tried as adults for crimes such as murder and to be sentenced to an adult prison. A 15-year-old talked two other boys, ages 15 and 14, respectively, into burglarizing the home of a 72-year-old woman who lived alone. The woman woke up during the burglary and shouted "Who's there?" Then she got out of bed and saw the three youths and called out the name of the youth who planned the burglary. She knew him because he had been her paperboy for more than a year and regularly collected payment from her. Panicking, he picked up a fireplace tool and hit her on the head several times. She died of her injuries.
-What aggravating factors would influence you to be more severe?