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