Chapter 7 Self Check Quiz

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

Region has one of the highest crime rankings

Region has increased the criminal age of responsibility

Young people are the principal victims

Young people are the principal perpetrators of violence

Homicide rate is 92 per 100,000 makes ages 15-24

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

Youth are much more likely to be accused of a police-reported crime than people aged 25 and older.

Youth are less likely to be accused of a police-reported crime than people aged 25 and older.

Youth are much more likely to bring themselves to the attention of the police than police-initiated contact.

The majority of youth offenders are younger males

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

True

False

. 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.

True

False

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

The Peel Act

The Hoover Act

The Wickersham Act

The Pendleton Act

The Vollmer Act

. 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.

August Volmer

Robert Peel

George Pendleton

Miriam Van Waters

James Q. Wilson

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

True

False

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

True

False

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

Seriousness of the offense

Evidence

If the youth has already been in a Diversion Program

Whether or not the youth appears to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs

Request by the victim for an arrest

. 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.

True

False

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

True

False

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

True

False

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