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

1. According to Edwin Sutherland, youthful antisocial and risk-prone acts are personal statements of independence.
2. Asian Americans are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system.
3. In the case of In re Gault, the death penalty was found unconstitutional when used with persons who were under 18 years of age at the time of their offense.
4. Adolescents who engage in delinquent behavior and continue criminality throughout their adulthood are known as life-course-persistent offenders.
5. In the Kent v. United States Supreme Court decision, the courts stated because juvenile courts are not criminal courts, the constitutional rights guaranteed to accused adults do not apply to juveniles.


1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False

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