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

1. Nonsecure confinement is generally reserved as a last resort.
2. Most youth who join a gang stay in the gang for an extended period of time.
3. A number of due process protections have been extended to juvenile offenders, such as the right to counsel, advance notice of charges, cross-examination of witnesses, and the privilege against self-incrimination.
4. At this time, courts are allowed to impose the death penalty or life without the possibility of parole for juvenile homicide offenders.
5. In the case of J.D.B. v. North Carolina, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that when questioning juveniles at school without parents present, the police do not have to read youths their Miranda rights.


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

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