SURVEY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 101 QUIZ # 11 TRUE/FALSE ________ 1. If you are on probation you are placed under the supervision of a judge. ________ 2. In the 1800's, when the U.S. was looking for a way to deal with the deviants of society, they looked at the Auburn Plan and the Philadelphia model. Their decision resulted in using the Philadelphia model. ________ 3. Selective incapacitation looks at the idea of only placing the most dangerous offenders in prison. This is a very effective way of dealing with the problem of prison overcrowding. ________ 4. Thomas Murton suggests that in order to have effective prison reform we must realize that our focus should be on people and not programs. ________ 5. Parens patriae means that the state is serving as the parent of or functioning on the behalf of the child. ________ 6. The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. ________ 7. In the case of Wilson v. Seiter, the Supreme Court made it easier for inmates to successfully sue the government with regard to unconstitutional prison conditions. ________ 8. Researchers have found that when juveniles sentence themselves, they tend to hand down harsher sentences than the judge would have given. They almost always include restitution, and there appears to be a very positive long term impact on the young people. ________ 9. While there has been a slight increase in violence among juveniles over the past decade, the crime rate among juveniles has been relatively stable for the past fifty years. ________ 10. Benjamin Rush suggested that we place deviants in a type of "house of penitents" like the Quaker people did with their boys who misbehaved. ________ 11. The so-called Scared Straight programs are a very effective means of dealing with young people's delinquency problems. ________ 12. Prison continues to serve as a very powerful deterrent to crime, especially among young people in the inner cities. ________ 13. Wolfgang and his colleagues have found that a very small number of juveniles are responsible for most of the violent crimes committed by young people. ________ 14. Johnson discovered that regardless of the bonds to conventional society, roughly half of all juveniles will get involved in moderately severe delinquent activities due to peer pressures. ________ 15. From all available evidence, it appears that the justice system is handing out prison sentences to just about the right numbers and the right types of persons. ________ 16. Perhaps the most effective program for dealing with juvenile delinquents is the so-called Boot Camp operation. ________ 17. A status offense is an offense that effects your socio-economic status. ________ 18. No one under the age of 18 can be tried as an adult. ________ 19. To obtain a low rate of recidivism, operationalize it as being re-conviction on a new felony charge within 6 months of release. To obtain a higher rate of recidivism, operationalize it as being re- arrest on any misdemeanor charge within 10 years of release. ________ 20. Some of the more promising delinquency prevention programs include Project Head Start, Outward Bound, and programs that seek to deal with young people's diet and nutrition habits. MATCHING A. Wolff vs. McDonnell B. Gagnon vs. Scarpelli C. In re Gault D. In re Winship E. Morrissey vs. Brewer F. McKeiver vs. Pennsylvania G. McNeil vs. Wisconsin H. Brady vs. U.S. I. Mapp vs. Ohio J. Carroll vs. U.S. ________ 1. In addition to the rights granted inmates in Wolff, this case granted parolees the right to hear all evidence against them and to confront and cross examine that evidence. ________ 2. A plea bargain is legal as long as the defendant has an attorney present, there is no coercion, and the defendant knows the consequences. ________ 3. Established that juveniles have the right to a formal hearing, notification in advance hearing, allowed to be present at the hearing, present evidence, cross-examine a witness, formal records must be kept, and the right to an appeal if necessary. ________ 4. A car may be searched without a warrant if probable cause is present. ________ 5. You have the right to an attorney at a probation revocation hearing. ________ 6. The request for counsel is offense specific. ________ 7. The standard of proof is juvenile court is beyond a reasonable doubt. ________ 8. Applied the exclusionary rule to the states ________ 9. Inmates are given the right to be a formal hearing, written notice of that hearing, right to be present at that hearing and right to present evidence in their own behalf. ________ 10. There is no right to a trial by jury for juvenile offenders ANSWER KEY QUIZ # 11 TRUE/FALSE 1. TRUE 2. FALSE 3. FALSE 4. TRUE 5. TRUE 6. TRUE 7. FALSE 8. TRUE 9. FALSE 10. TRUE 11. FALSE 12. FALSE 13. TRUE 14. TRUE 15. FALSE 16. FALSE 17. FALSE 18. FALSE 19. TRUE 20. TRUE MATCHING 1. E 2. H 3. C 4. J 5. B 6. G 7. D 8. I 9. A 10. F