Blended sentencing allows juvenile court judges to impose both an adult and a juvenile sentence on a delinquent concurrently, and creates a middle ground between traditional juvenile and adult sanctions.
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(Question #2) Nancy Rodriguez found that youths who participated in a restorative justice program were less likely to ________ than juveniles in a comparison group.
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(Question #3) Which of the following functions applies to the staff members in a juvenile court?
A) encouraging family members to participate in the development of the youth's intervention plan
B) ensuring that trials are concluded without continuances
C) providing effective post-dispositions to each youth
D) ensuring that an adequate information system is available to evaluate performance
(Question #4) The rules of a group governing the way its members should act under particular conditions are called ________ norms.
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(Question #5) Under which of the following blended sentencing options does the juvenile court impose a juvenile correctional sanction that may remain in force beyond the age of its extended jurisdiction, at which point the offender may be transferred to the adult correctional system?
A) juvenile-inclusive blend B) criminalinclusive blend
C) juvenile-contiguous blend D) juvenile-exclusive blend
(Question #6) The view that the relationship between ________ and delinquency is linked to issues of power and control is called the power-control thesis.
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