Deck 10: Juvenile Probation

Question 1

What is the most commonly used disposition and correctional intervention with juvenile offenders?

A) foster care
B) probation
C) commitment to a community treatment facility
D) state training school commitment

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Informal probation for juvenile cases that are not petitioned usually involves:

A) the third degree.
B) a consent adjustment without petition.
C) a guardian ad litem.
D) suspended excecution of sentence.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Probation involves the ____________ release into the community of an alleged or adjudicated juvenile offender by a judicial official.

A) hypothetical
B) belated
C) conditional
D) subjective

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Probation officers perform a number of important tasks in the juvenile justice process, including:

A) intake screening.
B) predisposition reports.
C) supervision.
D) iniation of revocation.
E) All of the above.

Question 5

Probation was the most restrictive disposition used in almost two-thirds of the delinquency that were cases adjudicated in 2014.

Question 6

The percentage of adjudicated delinquency cases resulting in probation varies by type of offense, age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

Question 7

The probation rules and requirements that are designed to regulate behavior and are customized to the juvenile delinquent and his/her offense(s) are called:

A) exclusive conditions.
B) regulatory conditions.
C) personalized conditions
D) individualized conditions.

Question 8

The probation supervision style associated with the "professionalization" of probation, that relies upon assessment, treatment plans, and individual counseling is:

A) theraputic caseworker.
B) service broker.
C) rule enforcer.
D) None of the above.

Question 9

The innovation in probation supervision that typically involves the use of electronic monitoring devices (at least in initial phases), a specified number of contacts per week, mandatory school and work checks, random urinalysis, and a required number of community service hours is called:

A) manifest supervision.
B) case classification.
C) intensive supervision probation.
D) progressive treatment.

Question 10

Evaluation research clearly shows that probation supervision alone, including intensive supervision, does not work, but must be combined with treatment services to reduce recidivism.

Question 11

__________ is a brief process that can be conducted by laymen or trained clinicians to identify immediate behavioral health needs.

A) Screening
B) Assessment

Question 12

__________ uses multiple sources of information, but is based most extensively on standardized mental health assessment instruments that are given my trained clinicians.

A) Screening
B) Assessment

Question 13

Upon the finding that probation conditions have been violated, the judge may:

A) continue the youth on probation.
B) impose new probation conditions.
C) revoke the probation and impose a new disposition.
D) Any of the above.

Question 14

The following questions are on Reading 10.1: Schwalbe and Maschi (2011).
-What is the focus of Schwalbe and Mashi's (2011) research?

A) POs' assessment techniques for classifying probation supervision.
B) Strategies used by POs to encourage and enforce compliance with probation conditions.
C) Variation in POs' supervision styles.
D) The work ethic of POs.

Question 15

The following questions are on Reading 10.1: Schwalbe and Maschi (2011).
-Schwalbe and Mashi's (2011) research findings suggestion that POs employ some type of confrontation in about half of their contacts with youths.

Question 16

The following questions are on Reading 10.1: Schwalbe and Maschi (2011).
-Their findings also indicate that the use of client-centered approaches were far less common among POs.

Question 17

The following questions are on Reading 10.2: Guy et al. (2015).
-What is the primary goal of assessing risk, according to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974?

A) Determine the most adequate placement for at-risk juveniles following adjudication.
B) Reduce risks and develop competencies in at-risk juveniles that will prevent, and reduce the rate of, violent delinquent behavior.
C) Assign juveniles who have been adjudicated on alcohol or drug charges to the most appropriate rehabilitative program.
D) Maintain public awareness of crimes committed by juveniles.

Question 18

The following questions are on Reading 10.2: Guy et al. (2015).
-Which of the following is not one of the two most widely researched risk assessment instrument used in the juvenile justice system?

A) Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI)
B) Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY)
C) Youth At-Risk and in Need of Intervention Inventory(YA-RNII)

Question 19

The following questions are on Reading 10.2: Guy et al. (2015).
-Research examining implementation factors with risk assessment tools in juvenile probation found that merely teaching probation officers how to reliably complete an evidence-based risk assessment tool did not ensure that they would use the tool in their decisions.