Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. While dropping out of high school limits educational and vocational options, it increases neither the
chances for living in poverty nor the chances of receiving public assistance in young adulthood.
2. Most juvenile offenders who are arrested are unlikely to ever be arrested again.
3. Police officers are routinely trained to identify mental health difficulties, trauma risks, and school-related
problems.
4. Most juvenile justice systems are not equipped or designed to be able to identify difficulties originating
in troubled lives of youthful offenders.
5. Often, when youth run into legal trouble, the courts are confronted with too few alternatives to
incarceration or rehabilitation options.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE

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What will be an ideal response?

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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