Prevention and Diversion Programs MCQs
Prevention and Diversion Programs MCQs
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1: Diversion is conceptual underpinning for community-based programs. This is a process that diverts juveniles away from the formal and authoritarian components of the juvenile justice system. Programs may be coordinated by ______.
A. Youth agencies
B. Juvenile court
C. Police
D. All of these
2: _______ Courts that attempt to prevent children and adults from continuing deviant drug-using behaviors. These courts aim to stop the abuse of alcohol and other drugs through the use of intensive therapeutic supervision.
A. Children
B. Juvenile
C. Narcotic prevention
D. Drug
3: Follow through is similar to ______, program designed to help culturally deprived children catch up or keep pace during their preschool and early school years.
A. Head start
B. Preschool
C. Culture school
D. None of above
4: _______ related agencies that have goals similar to those of the juvenile justice system—namely, improving the quality of life for juveniles by preventing offensive behavior, providing opportunities for success, and correcting undesirable behavior.
A. Systematically
B. Technically
C. Formally
D. Functionally
5: Federal program that delivers preschool and early school educational services to children from poor or culturally marginalized environments. The program provides instruction in basic reading and verbal skills for children who might otherwise grow up with poor skills and thereby an increased possibility of future delinquency or criminality.
A. Head start
B. Follow through
C. Juvenile school
D. Preschool
6: Juvenile mentoring program supports one-to-one mentoring relationships for youth at risk of becoming involved in delinquency, gangs, and ______.
A. Social failure
B. Educational failure
C. Cultural disaster
D. All of these
7: Problem-solving court that combines community mental health treatment with judicial supervision and support are called ______ courts.
A. Drug
B. Problem solving
C. Mental health
D. General health
8: A process whereby youth are brought to the attention of juvenile authorities when they otherwise would not be labeled, thereby increasing rather than decreasing ______.
A. Defamation
B. Disgrace
C. Stigmatization
D. All of these
9: _____adjudication Intervention that is provided after the adjudication phase.
A. Post
B. Pre
C. Pro
D. None of these
10: Preadjudication ______that is provided before the adjudication phase.
A. Treatment
B. Diagnosis
C. Intervention
D. Solution
11: Intervention with juveniles who have not yet begun breaking the law or otherwise engaging in antisocial deviance are called _____ prevention.
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Juvenile
D. Beforehand
12: Pure diversion also known as ______ diversion. This is a process of immediate diversion, meaning that young offenders are sent directly into community-based programs before they are adjudicated by a juvenile court and processed into the formal juvenile justice system.
A. Preadjudicatory
B. Postadjusdicatory
C. Both of these
D. None of these
13: Radical ______ is an approach that encourages law and policy-making organizations to be tolerant of the widest possible diversity of behaviors and attitudes. Such a process would then limit the amount of intervention necessary with juveniles.
A. Intervention
B. Nonintervention
C. Justice
D. Comapaign
14: Restorative justice is a type of justice in which the core concepts of ______ are used in mediation that includes the crime victim(s), the offender(s), and the community.
A. Accountability
B. Competency
C. Public safety
D. All of above
15: First popularized in the 1978 film ______ , program in which groups of young offenders spend a day in a maximum-security prison. They tour the facility and are placed in a graphic and intensive encounter session with hardened adult convicts.
A. Godfather
B. Scared straight
C. Scared as hell
D. None of above
16: _______ pipeline is a term used to describe children who have trouble at school, such as out-of-school suspensions, but end up in the juvenile justice system because of increased use of zero-tolerance policies, police in schools, physical restraints, and automatic suspensions.
A. Prison to school
B. Juvenile to school
C. School to juvenile
D. School to prison
17: Secondary diversion,also known as _______ diversion. This refers to the release of juveniles who have already been processed into the formal juvenile justice system. They are released into community-based programs prior to final disposition.
A. Postadjudicatory
B. Preadjudicatory
C. Pure
D. Complete
18: An approach that seeks to identify _____ who appear to be at high risk for delinquency and/or abuse and intervene in their lives early.
A. Older criminals
B. Female criminals
C. Dangerous criminals
D. Juveniles
19: _____Courts made up of teens under 17 years of age who process cases by acting as prosecutor, defense counsel, bailiff, and clerk and who determine the punishment for the cases by acting as the jury. An adult attorney acts as the judge to ensure the fairness and legality of the sentencing. Offenders are required to complete the sentences handed down by the teen jury.
A. Teen
B. Adult
C. Drug
D. Turancy
20: Territorial jealousy is a Belief commonly held by ______personnel that attempts to coordinate efforts are actually attempts to invade the territory they have staked out for themselves.
A. Territory
B. Organization
C. Agency
D. All of these
21: Tertiary ______ are intervention with juveniles who have engaged in serious and chronic deviance and who have already entered the juvenile justice system. These juveniles are technically in need of treatment rather than prevention because efforts to prevent the onset of delinquency have failed. These juveniles should be approached within the context of rehabilitation rather than prevention.
A. Intervention
B. Prevention
C. Control
D. Measure
22: Chronic or habitual absenteeism from ______ is called turancy.
A. Court
B. School
C. Office
D. All of these
23: Attempt to address the underlying causes of the child’s failure to attend school; may be held on school property is known as ______.
A. Turancy measures
B. Turancy intervention
C. Turancy courts
D. None of above
24: _________ programs are juvenile corrections programs centered on minimum-security residential correctional institutions that are located in rural settings. These programs are usually reserved for first-time offenders and/or juveniles who have committed minor offenses. Examples include forestry camps, ranches, and well-established programs such as Outward Bound.
A. Correction
B. Juvenile
C. Behavior
D. Wilderness
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