Juvenile Justice 6th International Edition by Kären M. Hess – Test Bank

Chapter 11- Juvenile Corrections

Multiple Choice

1. The most common disposition of the juvenile or family court is:
a. juvenile detention
b. suspension
c. probation
d. appeal
ANS: C REF: 335 LO: 2

2. The probation officer is responsible for:
a. speaking in court on behalf of youth
b. suspending sentences
c. serving as a court referee
d. acting as a link to other community services
ANS: D REF: 337 LO: 4

3. Common forms of intermediate sanctions include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. intensive supervision probation
b. secure juvenile residential facilities
c. boot camps
d. house arrest
ANS: B REF: 337 LO: 5

4. The importance of Santana v. Collazo (1983) is:
a. the right to counsel for juveniles
b. that it ruled on double jeopardy
c. is that there is no constitutional right to treatment and training
d. that electronic monitoring is required on all juveniles released on probation
ANS: C REF: 348 LO: 1

5. Compared with public institutions, private correctional institutions confine all of the following offenders EXCEPT:
a. status offenders
b. female offenders
c. minority offenders
d. White offenders
ANS: C REF: 350 LO: 6

6. The formal goals of probation are to do all of the following EXCEPT:
a. hold juveniles accountable
b. protect the public
c. refer youth to juvenile court
d. improve the delinquent’s behavior
ANS: C REF: 339 LO: 3
7. According to the text, the single greatest pressure on probation officers is:
a. excessive caseloads
b. repeat offenders
c. severity of crimes
d. inadequate training programs
ANS: A REF: 342 LO: 4

8. Regardless of the type, correctional institutions have all of the following EXCEPT:
a. an elaborate informal social organization
b. a variety of inmate social roles
c. a simplistic social organization
d. the inmate culture includes a complex of norms that indicate how inmates should relate to one another
ANS: C REF: 351 LO: 7

9. The six performance-based standards goals for confinement include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. security and order
b. safety and programming
c. funding and acquisitions
d. justice and health/mental health
ANS: C REF: 355 LO: 8

10. The basic premise underlying graduated sanctions is:
a. incapacitation
b. retribution
c. deterrence
d. punishment
ANS: C REF: 336 LO: 1

11. The dual function of corrections with youthful offenders focuses on:
a. accountability and skills for social success
b. retribution and education
c. impulse control and imprisonment
d. mental health and physiological processes
ANS: A REF: 333 LO: 6

12. Foster homes are used:
a. as a source of respite care
b. most often for neglected/abused children
c. as secure facilities
d. as a last resort by the courts
ANS: B REF: 345 LO: 5