Deck 10: Juvenile Institutionalization

Question 1

Which of the following provides restrictive criteria governing the confinement of juveniles in adult facilities?

A) Nelson v. Heyne
B) the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974
C) parens patriae
D) 2006 Juvenile Offenders in Correctional Facilities

Answer 1

the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974

Question 2

Which is one of the most serious concerns about detention centers in the United States?

A) denial of solitary confinement
B) denial of Thorazine
C) use of mechanical restraints
D) use of treatment programs

Answer 2

use of mechanical restraints

Question 3

About how many juveniles were locked up each year during the 1970s?

A) 50,000
B) 700,000
C) 500,000
D) 100,000

Answer 3

100,000

Question 4

Which of the following is the intent of boot camps?

A) to shock youthful offenders to prevent them from committing further crimes
B) to give the students a better chance to succeed in the military
C) to separate the tough kids from the meek kids
D) to force kids to be obedient

Question 5

Boot camps generally are________.

A) used for violent residential life institutional placement
B) designed for offenders who have failed with lesser sanctions
C) used to evaluate juveniles for possible placement in other facilities
D) reserved for a less secure placement than training schools

Question 6

Which of the following is True of ranches and forestry camps?

A) Ranches and forestry camps are short term-confinement facilities.
B) Ranches and forestry camps are generally reserved for midrange offenders.
C) Ranches and forestry camps have maximum amount of security.
D) Ranches and forestry camps are minimum-security institutional placements.

Question 7

Which of the following is True about training schools?

A) Residents are not allowed to be locked in their sleeping rooms.
B) Security features are the same at all facilities.
C) The actual goal depends on the security level of the training school.
D) Organizational goals are the same among training schools.

Question 8

Which of the following services is less likely than the other three services to be provided by volunteers?

A) educational services
B) recreational services
C) family services
D) security

Question 9

Which of the following is a finding of the fifteen-year follow-up evaluation by Miller, Bartollas, and Dinitz?

A) Negative youth culture described in the 1976 study was replaced by positive youth culture.
B) Negative youth culture described in the 1976 study still thrived.
C) Staff members were less disillusioned than they were in 1976 study.
D) Staff members were less fearful of victimization from residents than they were in 1976.

Question 10

Basic goals of training schools as identified by Street, Vinter, and Perrow include________.

A) authority/classical management
B) recreation/education
C) reeducation/development
D) rehabilitation/acceptance

Question 11

In which of the following cases did the Texas court hold that a number of criteria had to be followed by the state in order to ensure proper treatment of confined juveniles?

A) Morales v. Turman
B) Mapp v. Ohio
C) Ex Parte Crouse
D) Miranda

Question 12

In which of the following cases did the court rule that residents of the Indiana Boys' School have a right to rehabilitative treatment?

A) Morales v. Turman
B) Nelson v. Heyne
C) Inmates of the Boys' Training School v. Affleck
D) White v. Reid

Question 13

In which of the following cases did the court grant a right to rehabilitative treatment?

A) Davis v. Mississippi
B) Eddings v. Oklahoma
C) The Inmates of the Boys' Training School v. Affleck
D) In re Gault

Question 14

The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution deals with________.

A) search and seizure
B) due process
C) freedom of religion, speech, and the press
D) cruel and unusual punishment

Question 15

According to our author, juvenile facility managers should ________.

A) demand excellence
B) put less stress on themselves
C) lower their expectations
D) be tolerant of imperfection

Question 16

According to our author, juvenile facility managers should ________.

A) be more reactive and less proactive
B) encourage accreditation
C) try moving juveniles away from family
D) put less emphasis on accountability and micro management

Question 17

Juvenile facility managers should determine where ________ and how they want to get there.

A) they owe their loyalty
B) to start their career
C) they want to go
D) they want to work

Question 18

Juvenile facility managers should make the institutional environment ________ for youths and staff.

A) comparable
B) comfortable
C) enjoyable
D) safe

Question 19

Juvenile facilities are divided into two categories: temporary care and correctional facilities.

Question 20

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act called on states to remove all the juveniles from adult jails and lockups.

Question 21

Detention centers are examples of short-term facilities.

Question 22

Reception and diagnostic centers are used to test which punishments work best for which youths.

Question 23

Forestry camps are short-term facilities.

Question 24

Ranches are maximum security institutions.

Question 25

State training schools always have religious training and instruction.

Question 26

Public institutions offer greater flexibility of programs because they are relatively free from political processes and bureaucratic inertia.

Question 27

Training schools for girls generally are more limited and offer training programs in sewing, food service, secretarial skills, and beauty care.

Question 28

Confined juveniles have the right to treatment according to Inmates of the Boys' Training School v. Affleck.

Question 29

Juveniles committed to training school do not have a constitutional right of access to the courts.

Question 30

Rarely has a court ever ruled that a juvenile committed to a training school has a right to treatment.

Question 31

For a juvenile facility to be successful, they need to be a great distance from the juvenile's family.

Question 32

For a juvenile facility to be successful, they need to be accredited.

Question 33

The rights of confined offenders have been examined by Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) of 1974.

Question 34

Detention centers, also known as juvenile ________, are intended to be temporary holding centers.

Question 35

Three types of short-term confinements include ________, detention centers, and shelter care.

Question 36

The Hennepin County Home School uses indeterminate sentencing for sex offenders and ________ sentencing for all others.

Question 37

The purpose of reception and ________ centers is to determine which treatment plan suits and which training school is the best placement for each adjudicated juvenile.

Question 38

Medium-security training schools usually are designed as________ or cottages.

Question 39

The philosophy of ________ patriae has encouraged administrators at training schools to claim rehabilitation as their official goal.

Question 40

In the Illinois ________ v. Reed case, the court ruled that juveniles could not be held in institutions that did not provide for their rehabilitation.

Question 41

Some courts have ruled that the ________ Amendment bars the use of corporal punishment.

Question 42

Several court decisions have held that a juvenile has a right to treatment when he or she is committed to a juvenile ________.

Question 43

Considerable case law has also been established ensuring confined juveniles the right to be free from ________ and unusual punishment.

Question 44

Match each term with its description.

-Detention Center

A) Long-term care
B) Short-term care
C) An evaluation/placement facility
D) Juvenile Hall

Question 45

Match each term with its description.

-Shelter care Facility

A) Long-term care
B) Short-term care
C) An evaluation/placement facility
D) Juvenile Hall

Question 46

Match each term with its description.

-Boot camp

A) Long-term care
B) Short-term care
C) An evaluation/placement facility
D) Juvenile Hall

Question 47

Match each term with its description.

-Reception and Diagnostic Center

A) Long-term care
B) Short-term care
C) An evaluation/placement facility
D) Juvenile Hall

Question 48

Match each term with its description

-California

A) Had 5 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2010
B) Had 97 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2010
C) Had 33 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2010
D) Had 202 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2010

Question 49

Match each term with its description

-Arizona

A) Had 5 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2011
B) Had 97 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2011
C) Had 33 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2011
D) Had 202 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2011

Question 50

Match each term with its description

-Hawaii

A) Had 5 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2012
B) Had 97 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2012
C) Had 33 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2012
D) Had 202 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2012

Question 51

Match each term with its description

-Texas

A) Had 5 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2013
B) Had 97 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2013
C) Had 33 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2013
D) Had 202 juveniles detained in a juvenile facility in 2013

Question 52

Match each term with its description.

-25.9 months

A) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Arizona
B) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Texas
C) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in California
D) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Hawaii

Question 53

Match each term with its description.

-8.9 months

A) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Arizona
B) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Texas
C) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in California
D) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Hawaii

Question 54

Match each term with its description.

-5.9 months

A) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Arizona
B) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Texas
C) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in California
D) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Hawaii

Question 55

Match each term with its description.

-17.4 months

A) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Arizona
B) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Texas
C) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in California
D) Average stay for juvenile males in confinement in 2004 in Hawaii

Question 56

Explain the differences between detention centers and attention homes.

Question 57

Explain some of the distinguishing characteristics of a ranch.

Question 58

What are the goals of training schools?

Question 59

Scenario: You are a full time public school teacher and a part-time English teacher at the Littleton Juvenile Detention Facility. You teach one day a week at the detention facility for four different grade levels. You also run voluntary group therapy classes two nights a week in which you teach basic social skills. Billy, a 15-year-old chronic offender, attends the group sessions and is currently the only student in your 3rd level English class, which he clearly hates. During English class Billy tells you that he learned about the standards of the Institute of Judicial Administration of the American Bar Association that says he can refuse treatment. He tells you he will still come to group sessions, but that he won't be attending English class anymore.
Question: Does Billy have the right to refuse the school class? Explain.

Question 60

Scenario: You are a juvenile judge in Boulder, Colorado and you need to sentence a 15-year-old boy who has been found guilty of his fourth shoplifting charge in the six months year. He is introverted, has no close friends, and his father has been in prison for the last seven years. You have the option of placing the offender in a detention center or an attention home.
Question: Which of the two options would be the best fit for the offender and explain your reasoning.