Quiz #1

Question 1

What is “Delinquency?
1)
and
2)

Answer 1

1) Traditional Crime
and
2) status offenses (truancy, drinking, etc.).

Question 2

Status offenses are illegal because of your ____

Answer 2

age

Question 3

The juvenile system focuses on softer language to reduce _________

Answer 3

labeling

Question 4

Which two philosophies are focused on in juvenile justice?

Answer 4

Punishment
and
rehabilitation

Question 5

Juvenile Courts are closed court

true or false

Answer 5

true

Question 6

The juvenile system gets more _____ and more ______ as we move through it

Answer 6

male; black

Question 7

The first juvenile court was when, where, and after what statute?

Answer 7

1899

Cook county illinois (chicago

Juvenile court act

Question 8

What group or organization led to the development of the first juvenile court

Answer 8

The Child Savers

Question 9

who were the child savers?

Answer 9

Middle/upper class white protestant women
Didnt like the rising crime
Concerned youths’ involvement in adult courts/jails was harmful
Youth too susceptible to influence
Worried the condition of youths confinement inadequate
Believed kids committed crimes because they had weak morals and parents who weren’t great at parenting
Believed government should do more to reduce juvi crime

Question 10

Who were the Society for the prevention of pauperism?

Answer 10

A group made up of white, upper class americans who wanted to help wayward youth (criminals, runaways, those who dont listen to parents)

Question 11

what was the organization called that:
- originated in new York
- year 1825
- separate facilities for kids
- by 1867, 17 locations were made across the country

Answer 11

HOR - House of Refuge

Question 12

What did the work of the society for the prevention of pauperism lead to? What organization in 1825?

Answer 12

HOR - House of Refuge

Question 13

HOR developed to ______ wayward youth and to keep them out of the _______ system

Answer 13

reform;

adult

Question 14

as poverty increases, what is it’s relationship to crime?

Answer 14

crime increase

Question 15

As Crime increases, what is it’s relationship to punishments?

Answer 15

Punishments become more punitive (severe)

Question 16

How we treat kids is correlated or related to our views of _______ and what a ______ role is in society

Answer 16

childhood;

child’s

Question 17

Once mortality rates lowered, this led to children being seen as more:

Answer 17

relational, less material

Question 18

During the 80s and 90s, the term ___________ was used to describe high risk, high offending youth

Answer 18

Superpredators

Question 19

the language, the vocabulary of the 80s and 90s was used to ____________ kids

Answer 19

criminalize, dehumanize

Question 20

What were the legislative changes due to the 80/90s “superpredator” movement?

Answer 20

harsher and longer sentences for kids

Question 21

were the policies listed below during the 80s/90s effective? did we need them?

Sentencing changes:
Mando minimum for juvi
Determinate sentencing
Allowed younger kids to be treated as adults
Allowed those who committed nonviolent/drug crimes to be treated as adults
California’s three strike laws
Juvi felonies counted toward the 3 strikes

Juvi justice did have more rehab focus than adults, but most money went punitive—prevailing belief was individual responsibility

Opened juvi courts to public
Youth, in some states, gave DNA samples at bookings
Juvis can be placed on sex registry

Answer 21

NO THEY WAS NEVER A WAVE OF SUPERPREDATORS

Question 22

During the superpredator movement, what happened to the juvi system?

Answer 22

adultification

Question 23

in the 2000s. what happened?

Answer 23

Swung back to rehab and less punitive measures in the 2000s

Question 24

reasons for the pendulum swing to rehab in the 2000s:

1)
2)
3)
4)

Answer 24

Reasons:
1) wanted to spend less money
2) shift to public opinion,
3) crime lowered,
4) used evidence based research

Question 25

Most interactions that juvis have with police are not crime related

true or false?

Answer 25

true

Question 26

What age group has the largest police contact (as victims AND offenders)

__-__ year olds

Answer 26

16-24 year olds

Question 27

which gender of juvenile is more likely to be arrested for status offenses?

Answer 27

female

Question 28

which gender of juvenile is more likely to be arrested for criminal offenses?

Answer 28

male

Question 29

/ of parents would advise their children to confess

Answer 29

1/3