CRJ 409, Spring 2008

Study Guide for First Exam

Key terms and ideas you will need to know.

1.         Ex-Parte Crouse

2.         Parens patriae

3.         Child saving movement

4.         House of Refuge

5.         Juvenile court jurisdiction

6.         Adolescence

7.         Uniform Crime Report – problems with

8.         Index Crimes and Part II offenses

9.         Self-report studies

10.        Types of child abuse and neglect

11.        Most common property crimes

12.        Types of vandalism

13.        Joan Moore’s study of gang members

14.        Gang violence

15.        Types of gangs and gang members

16.        Graffiti

17.        People and Folk

18.        Skinheads

19.        Status offenses

20.        Recent trends in juvenile arrests

21.        Public order offenses

22.        Other assaults

23.        Property crimes

24.        Types of Runaways

25.        Use of guns

Sample Questions

1.         Which is not a myth about juveniles and crime in society today?

a.   Today’s youth are more criminal than ever

b.   As the number of teenagers rise so does the crime rate

c.   Youth of today are committing less violent crime than ever

d.   Teenagers are the biggest part of the drug problem

e.   Youths who commit murder and other serious crimes need to be treated as an adult

2.         The decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1838, in the case of Ex-Parte Crouse basically said:

a.   The Bill of Rights did not apply to minors

b.   The State would be held responsible for children who commit crimes

c.   Parents who didn’t supervise their children’s parties would be responsible of damages

d.   Houses of Refuge MUST supply health care and educational opportunities to the children forced to reside there

e.   Quaker children CANNOT be forced to undergo Protestant religious training while under state control

3.          Which of the following is not a status offense?

a.   Vandalism

b.   Running away

c.   Truancy

d.   Incorrigible

e.   Curfew violations

4.         Under which category of “delinquents” would we categorize a juvenile that wears “outlandish” clothes, does something “wild” with their hair, or has rings all over their face and body?

a.       Mentally disturbed to well adjusted

b.       Striving for acceptance to “just business”

c.       Individual to highly organized behavior

d.       Restricted acts to generic deviation

e.       Prankish behavior to intended harm

5.         Numerous studies have confirmed that planning usually takes place before most delinquent acts are committed.

Here are more of the kinds of questions to be asked:

Juvenile and family courts have jurisdiction over which of the following areas?

What were some of the social conditions surrounding the founding of the House of Refuge in 1824?

The definition of “delinquency” originally provided by the 1899 Illinois Juvenile Court Act included what?

What conclusions can be made concerning juveniles and self-report studies?

What are some of the effects of child abuse and neglect?

Joan Moore compared two generations of gang members in Los Angeles gangs: those growing up mostly in the 1950’s and 1960’s and those growing up mostly in the 1970’s and 1980’s. What did she find?

Jankowski found that there are four factors that cause gang violence.

Based on Vigil’s typology of gangs, which one of the following types of gang members are only marginally committed, and usually join the gang at a later age?

What is the peak age for most juvenile crimes?

What were some of the key findings in the study by McCorkle and Miethe of gang crime in Clark and Washoe counties?