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

1. Despites its limitations, the self-report survey is considered more accurate in its
estimates of delinquency than official data sources.
2. Since 2005, the number of juvenile arrests has decreased by 50%.
3. Since the mid-1990s, the use of detention centers has broadened to include the
holding of more nonviolent offenders.
4. Exact figures on youthful offender transfers to adult court are not available because
a majority of states do not report the information and because of the multitude of ways
that adolescents are transferred through various state laws.
5. Over the past generations, the belief that children were becoming more violent and
dangerous than the children in the previous generations has resulted in policies that
have increasingly treated juveniles like adult offenders.


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

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