Deck 4: Media Constructions of Children: Evil Monsters and Tragic Victims

Question 1

______ are still the subjects of moral panic and public outrage.

A) Children and adults
B) Children and adolescents
C) Infants and the elderly
D) Infants and adults

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Children became regarded both as evil monsters capable of committing the most depraved of acts in the:

A) mid 1980s.
B) mid 1990s.
C) early 1980s.
D) early 1990s.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

______ are seen as the number one demons when it comes to children.

A) Pedophiles
B) Arsonists
C) Murderers
D) Thieves

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Prior to the mid-19th century when ______ emerged to challenge it, ideas about crime and punishment were dominated by a theoretical perspective known as "______."

A) positivism/classism
B) positivism/marxism
C) classism/socialism
D) classism/behaviorism

Question 5

In the ______, childhood was thought of as a separate stage of development prior to the independence and responsibility that came with adulthood.

A) 18th century
B) 19th century
C) 20th century
D) 21st century

Question 6

All of the following states have statutory exclusion except:

A) Alaska.
B) Nevada.
C) Utah.
D) Texas.

Question 7

Which of the following states has judicially controlled transfers?

A) Arizona
B) Wyoming
C) North Dakota
D) New Mexico

Question 8

All of the following states have a juvenile age of jurisdiction of 17 except:

A) Oklahoma.
B) Louisiana.
C) Arkansas.
D) Kansas.

Question 9

Which of the following states has prosecutorial discretion?

A) Wyoming
B) Utah
C) Illinois
D) Alabama

Question 10

All of the following states have an age or jurisdiction of 16 except:

A) Montana.
B) Georgia.
C) North Carolina.
D) Wisconsin.

Question 11

All of these states have "once an adult, always an adult" laws except:

A) Nevada.
B) Washington.
C) Texas.
D) Nebraska.

Question 12

The "Child Saver" movement took place in the:

A) early 1700s.
B) early 1800s.
C) early 1900s.
D) early 2000s.

Question 13

In 2010, there were around ______ youth in residential treatment centers or incarcerated in secure facilities.

A) 35,000
B) 56,000
C) 71,000
D) 86,000

Question 14

______ and ______ incarcerate twice as many children as in Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Austria, France, and the Netherlands combined.

A) England/Scotland
B) England/Wales
C) England/Norway
D) England/Iceland

Question 15

A combination of ______ forces have resulted in many young people being forced to remain in a state of extended infantilization.

A) social
B) political
C) economic
D) all of these

Question 16

The so-called "Boomerang Generation" of young adults grew to ______% in 2010.

A) 10
B) 17
C) 22
D) 26

Question 17

Under ______ law, however, children between the ages of 10 and 14 can be held accountable for a crime.

A) American
B) French
C) Russian
D) English

Question 18

Japan's Criminal Code, which designates ______ as the age of criminal responsibility.

A) 10
B) 12
C) 14
D) 16

Question 19

The term "pedophile" first rose to prominence in the ______ when the theme of "pedophile in the community" came to prominence.

A) 1960s/1970s
B) 1970s/1980s
C) 1980s/1990s
D) 1990s/2000s

Question 20

Which of the following individuals were identified as "psychosexual serial killers?"

A) Ted Bundy
B) John Wayne Gacy
C) Jeffery Dahmer
D) all of these

Question 21

The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act was passed in ______.

A) 1990
B) 1992
C) 1994
D) 1996

Question 22

Which of the following states was identified in the text as having a "Romeo and Juliet" law?

A) California
B) Ohio
C) Kansas
D) Kentucky

Question 23

The "______" where the people who saw James Bulger being dragged to the railway line where he met his death, but who failed to intervene.

A) Liverpool 15
B) Liverpool 27
C) Liverpool 38
D) Liverpool 41

Question 24

The "outing" and persecution of known sex offenders might therefore best be viewed as a ______ level concern.

A) micro
B) meso
C) macro
D) none of these

Question 25

Johnny Gosch disappeared the morning of September 5, 1982, while ______ in his Des Moines, Iowa, neighborhood.

A) riding his bike to school
B) delivering newspapers
C) walking to the store
D) swimming in the local lake

Question 26

Children and adolescents are frequently also cast as tragic victims.

Question 27

No one seems to be sure exactly when childhood is left behind or when adulthood is achieved.

Question 28

Most believe that punishment should fit the individual offender, not the crime.

Question 29

United States courts are by far the most inclined to lock children up than other Western industrialized nations.

Question 30

The United Kingdom's incarceration rates of children far exceed those of the United States.

Question 31

The "Boomerang Generation" are young adults between the ages of 23 and 34.

Question 32

The legal doctrine known as doli incapax means "incapable of wrong."

Question 33

The precautionary principle requires preparation for the worst case.

Question 34

The pedophile has been characterized as the folk devil par excellence in contemporary Western society.

Question 35

The labeling of pedophiles as "enemies within" thus gives the hub of the group (often referred to euphemistically as the "moral majority") a sense of their own cultural identity.

Question 36

Idealists believe that crime must be taken seriously and not regarded as mediated fabrication.

Question 37

The "milk carton kids" campaign proved to be extremely successful in helping to locate missing children.

Question 38

Milk carton kids, Patz, Gosch, or Martin, have unfortunately never been found.

Question 39

The milk carton kids campaign helped raise awareness about child abduction.

Question 40

A short time later "Megan's Law" was first created in the state of New Jersey.

Question 41

Why was the "Child Saver" movement of the early 1900s founded?

Question 42

In 2006, the New York State Division of Parole launched "Operation Halloween: Zero Tolerance." What did "Operation Halloween" require offenders to do?

Question 43

Identify the reason why "Megan's Law" was created. Do you believe that it is a resourceful tool? Why or why not?

Question 44

What was the purpose of the 2006 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act? Do you believe that this law has been effective? What are some of the current issues associated with sex offender registration?