Assignment
1. The ____ court was supposed to have provided due process protections along with care, treatment and rehabilitation for juveniles while protecting society.
juvenile
adult
older
none of the above
Question 2. By incorporating the doctrine of ________, the juvenile court was to act in the best interests of children through the use of noncriminal proceedings.
parens patriae
dogma
parentis volaries
none of the above
Question 3. In the ________ case, the Court raised serious questions about the concept of parens patriae.
Winship
Kent
Wren
none of the above
Question 4. The question of when and under what circumstances children are capable of forming criminal intent is called _______________.
parens patriae
mens rea
actus reus
common law
Question 5. When the king enabled the chancery courts to act "in the place of parents" to provide necessary services for the benefit of women and children it was called _______________.
actus reus
foster care
acting en loco parentis
abdication
Question 6. Under English common law, children under the age of ____ years were presumed to be incapable of forming criminal intent and, therefore, were not subject to criminal sanctions.
7
10
14
18
Question 7. The _________________ case held that the due process clause did not provide juveniles with the right to a jury trial.
Breed v. Jones
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania
In re Gault
Roper v. Simmons
Question 8. The first juvenile court was created in what state?
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Illinois
Question 9. The debate between treatment versus punishment for juveniles is still in evidence today.
True
False
Question 10. The political climate of the time is extremely influential in dictating changing, and sometimes contradictory, responses to juvenile delinquency.
True
False.