Chapter 7 Self Check Quiz

1. The Committee on the Rights of the Child is a treaty among nations.

2. India's Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act allows children ages 14-18 to be tried as adults.

3. Australia's states and territories all fall under one jurisdiction and law for juvenile policies and police policies.

4. Which of the following is NOT true about crime in Latin America and the Caribbean?

5. Which of the following is TRUE about juvenile justice in Canada?

6. Restorative Justice programs that focus on youth rehabilitation through mediation with victims and the community are practiced throughout Canada.

7. During the mid 1800's, Police Matrons, female employees of the police department, were given law enforcement powers to use in their care of abused and neglected children.

8. The U.S. law passed in the late 1800's that established necessary qualifications for law enforcement officers and government employees is:

9. Select the person known as the "father of modern policing" and who also served as the Police Chief in Berkeley California in 1909 and the President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in the 1920's.

10. Based on observing police patterns, James Q. Wilson came up with Policing Style Typologies that are still used to characterize police behavior today.

11. The "Service" style of policing juveniles involves a police officer adopting an enforcement mentality that is both strict and without discretion.

12. Legal factors that guide police behavior with juveniles include ALL of the following EXCEPT:

13. At the "level 4" phase of intrusion taken from the People v. De Bour case an officer should have Probable Cause to believe a crime has been committed and the person arrested committed it.

14. At the "level 1" phase of intrusion taken from People v. De Bour, an officer has reasonable suspicion to believe criminality is afoot.

15. The New Jersey v. T.L.O. decision is still followed in the United States today.

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