For a community-based program to be effective, a department should ________.
A) emphasize institutionalization to make all youths aware of consequences
B) mount a widespread public education program to seek support from the public
C) start a program from scratch so that the public accepts it
D) place all troubled youths into the program irrespective of the consequences
(Question #2) Suppose there were an opening for a judge in your town. The city council asks you to serve on the committee who will interview the candidates and then recommend a judge that would be a good fit for your community. They tell you they want someone who believes in rehabilitating offenders and not too quick to incarcerate. These are your four candidates:
John Smith, an advocate of the treatment model
Harold Reed, and advocate of the justice model
Jim Jones, an advocate for the crime control model
Thomas Wu, an advocate for the balanced and restorative justice model
Which of these candidates would likely be the best fit for what the city council is looking for? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
(Question #3) Which of the following is an incorrect statement concerning day treatment programs?
A) Non-residential programs generally serve males.
B) Day treatment programs were used less in the 1980s and early 1990s than they were in the 1970s.
C) Project New Pride was one of the most unpromising programs.
D) Non-residential programs have been used by the California Treatment Projects.
(Question #4) You are a juvenile probation officer with a 16 year-old female client whose initial crime was a joy-ride vehicle theft. While on probation your client commits an aggravated assault. The judge asks you to work with the prosecutor to come up with an appropriate disposition to recommend for the offender. You are a supporter of the least-restrictive approach and the prosecutor is an advocate of the get-tough approach. The prosecutor adamantly pushes for incarceration. Would you be likely to agree with her recommendation? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
(Question #5) Which of the following is a characteristic of the Associated Marine Institutes (AMI)?
A) AMIs programs do not include nonresidential placements.
B) AMIs avoid the geographical focus of the community.
C) AMIs are publicly operated.
D) AMIs set individual goals during the training period.
(Question #6) Name the four basic correctional models in the juvenile justice system and briefly describe their philosophical bases.
What will be an ideal response?
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