In ______, the Supreme Court justices determined that age was an important factor in determining whether a juvenile should be subjected to the death penalty.
a. Breed v. Jones
b. Roper v. Simmons
c. Graham v. Florida
d. Thompson v. Oklahoma
d. Thompson v. Oklahoma
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The integrated police intelligence-gathering and dissemination arm of the member nations of the European Union is called:
a. Interpol. b. Europol. c. Ameripol. d. International court.
Media accounts that engender moral panics amplify deviance and function as ______.
a. advocacy for greater levels of social control b. a warning to the public c. assistance to law enforcement to make an arrest d. a key profit maker for the media
The history of providing rehabilitative services was part of the ¬¬¬parens patriae movement in juvenile justice
a. True b. False
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
11. The level of juvenile gang violence in Europe was found to be more serious than the level of juvenile gang violence in the United States. 12. With the exception of Germany, juvenile gangs exist in Europe but are not the focus of as much media attention. 13. Nations such as Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan have long histories of integrating restorative justice techniques into their official response to problems with delinquency. 14. The standards and guidelines for addressing juvenile offending have been set by the United Nations through three key documents: the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules), the United Nations CRC (1989), and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines). 15. Youth from modernized regions where family instability has emerged are not particularly vulnerable to becoming delinquent.