Describe the juvenile court the Progressives created

What will be an ideal response?


In juvenile court, judges did not sit on benches above children but beside them at a table. Proceedings were informal. Their aim was not to affix blame but to find out what caused children to "go wrong" so that it could be put right. The Progressives were great fact collectors. They gathered information about children's home life, past behavior, health, and anything else that might help them diagnose and cure youths' problems.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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

1. People tend to respond to trauma, including crime victimization, in the same manner. 2. Approximately 1 of 10 property crime victims recover any or all of their property. 3. Female victims are particularly vulnerable to reductions in self-esteem following victimization. 4. Pain, suffering, and lost quality of life increase the cost of crime by 10×. 5. About the same percentage of violent crime victims and property crime victims lost time from work due to criminal victimizations.

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If crime is consummated, or completed, then it is no longer just an _______________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following would NOT be considered an artifact of policing?

a. handcuffs b. jargon c. uniform d. posttraumatic stress disorder

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