Multiple Choice
Handling serious offenses by juveniles in criminal court rather than juvenile court was based on the assumption that punitive adult criminal sanctions will have a deterrent effect on juvenile offenders. Which of the following best describes the research findings regarding this practice?
A) Empirical evidence suggests that juvenile transfer laws have a significant general deterrent effect but no specific deterrent effect.
B) Empirical evidence suggests that juvenile transfer laws have a significant specific deterrent effect but no general deterrent effect.
C) Research finding show higher recidivism rates among juveniles convicted for violent offenses in criminal court when compared with similar offenders tried in juvenile court.
D) Research finding show higher recidivism rates among juveniles convicted for status offenses in criminal court when compared with similar offenders tried in juvenile court.
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Q34: Most cases handled in juvenile courts involve
Q35: Because of a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court
Q36: Successful residential treatment programs for juveniles are
Q37: Community-based programs that focus on the individual
Q39: Research on teen courts is scant and
Q40: Functional Family Therapy is an effective short-term
Q41: Through the process of judicial _, a
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Q43: When determined to have committed an act