Chapter 13

Question 1

Which court case said that the courts must provide the “essentials of due process” in transferring juveniles to the adult system?

Answer 1

Kent v US

Question 2

Which court case said the press may report juvenile court proceedings under certain circumstances?

Answer 2

Smith v Daily Mail Publishing Co.

Question 3

Which court case said the defendant’s youthful age should be considered a mitigating factor in deciding whether to apply the death penalty?

Answer 3

Eddings v Oklahoma

Question 4

Which court case said preventive “pretrial” detention of juveniles is allowable under certain circumstances?

Answer 4

Schall v Martin

Question 5

Which of the following is a document filed in juvenile court alleging that a juvenile is a delinquent, a status offender, or a dependent and asking that the court assume jurisdiction over the juvenile or that an alleged delinquent be transferred to a criminal court for prosecution as an adult?

Answer 5

Juvenile petition

Question 6

Which of the following is the first step in decision making regarding a juvenile whose behavior or alleged behavior is in violation of the law or could otherwise cause a juvenile court to assume jurisdiction?

Answer 6

Intake

Question 7

Which of the following is held to determine if there is probable cause to believe that the juvenile committed the alleged act?

Answer 7

Preliminary hearing

Question 8

Which of the following is the fact-finding process wherein the juvenile court determines whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the allegations in a petition?

Answer 8

Adjudicatory hearing

Question 9

Which of the following is not a characteristic of the juvenile court?

Answer 9

Right to trial by jury

Question 10

Which of the following is an alternative approach to juvenile justice in which alleged offenders are judged and/or sentenced by a jury of their peers?

Answer 10

Teen court

Question 11

Which of the following is the final stage in the processing of adjudicated juveniles in which a decision is made on the form of treatment or penalty that should be imposed on the child?

Answer 11

Dispositional hearing

Question 12

Which of the following refers to the decision of a juvenile court, concluding a dispositional hearing, that an adjudicated juvenile be committed to a juvenile correctional facility?

Answer 12

Juvenile disposition

Question 13

Which of the following is a type of law that makes it easier to transfer juvenile offenders from the juvenile justice system to the criminal justice system?

Answer 13

Transfer provisions

Question 14

Which of the following is a type of law that gives criminal and juvenile courts expanded sentencing options in cases involving juveniles?

Answer 14

Sentencing authority

Question 15

Which of the following refers to a juvenile court disposition that imposes both a juvenile sanction and an adult criminal sentence on an adjudicated delinquent?

Answer 15

Blended sentence

Question 16

About 5.5 million juveniles are arrested annually in America.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Female delinquency has decreased substantially-by 76% in the past 10 years.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

The juvenile justice system consists of agencies that function to investigate, supervise, adjudicate, care for, or confine youthful offenders and other children subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

A thermatic question is a common law principle that allows the state to assume a parental role and to take custody o a child when he or she becomes delinquent.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

An 1823 report by the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in the city of New York called for the development of “houses of refuge” to save children from lives of crime and poverty.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The 1838 case of In re Gault clarified the power that states had in committing children to institutions.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

A juvenile court is any court that has jurisdiction over matters involving juveniles.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

A delinquent child is said to be beyond parental control.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

A dependent child typically has no parents or guardians to care for him or her.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

A neglected child is one who suffers physical abuse at the hands of his or her custodians.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

A status offender is a special category that embraces children who violate laws written only for them.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

The US Supreme Court case that ended the hands-off era in juvenile justice was In re Gault.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

In 1988, in the case of Thompson v Oklahoma, the US Supreme Court determined that national standards of decency did not permit the execution of any offender who was under age 16 at the time of the crime.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

Most jurisdictions have statutes designed to extend the Miranda provisions to juveniles.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Intake is the fact-finding process wherein the juvenile court determines whether there is sufficient evidence to sustain the allegations in a petition.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

The US Supreme Court decision in the case of McKeiver v Pennsylvania states that juveniles do not have a constitutional right to trial by jury.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

Teen court is an alternative approach to juvenile justice in which alleged offenders are judged and/or sentenced by a jury of their peers.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Transfer provisions are laws that give criminal and juvenile courts expanded sentencing options.

Answer 33

False

Question 34

Confidentiality changes are modifications to laws containing court confidentiality provisions in order to make juvenile records and proceedings more open.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Victims’ rights are new laws that increase the role of victims of juvenile crime in the juvenile justice process.

Answer 35

True