Correctional social work multiple choice questions and answer
1. Which age group is defined as juveline deliquency?
a) Above 18
b) Below 18
c) None of these
d) All of the above
2. The term ‘juvenile’ has been defined in which clause?
a) Clause (h) Sec.2 , 1986
b) Clause (f) Sec. 8 , 1986
c) Clause (e) Sec.2 , 1986
d) None of these
3. The cause of JD would be-
a) Physical disorder
b) Theoretical cause
c) Both A and B
d) Only B
4. Social disorganization defined to-
a) the joint family system is coming to an end a, new trend has evolved where in both the parents are working and as a result children are left neglected and such isolation leads the child’s involvement in wrongful acts.
b) the behavioral study done on delinquent children by the psychologists,
c) the major reasons as to why children are entering into the worlds of crime is because of their bad company.
d) Only C
5. How many theories are there in Juvenile Justice?
6. What is psychogenic theory?
a) the genetic factors, substance balances within the organism and undoubtedly the impact of physical illness on his behaviour,
b) there must be something in child himself which environment changes his behavior towards delinquency,
c) the conception that the natural body structure of criminals is generally different from normal human beings,
d) the emotional physiology of the delinquent. Hirschi stated that all theories are based on these aspects
7. Which of the following constitutes a type of juvenile delinquency?
a) a. status offense
b) b. civil offense
c) c. criminal offense
d) d. a and c only
Answer -A, C AND D
8. In 1999, what was the percentage, of all juvenile delinquency cases, which had been disposed by the courts?
9. A child below the age of ______, who commits a crime, is not held morally or criminally responsible for that act.
10. The theory that states that “the family is the major socializing agent that influences and helps shape the child's attitude, values, behavior, and personality” is the
a) a. Effective Parenting Theory
b) b. Family Circle Theory
c) c. Family Systems Theory
d) d. Meta-analysis Theory
11. BSFT stands for
a) Best Sessions of Family Therapy
b) Brief Session For Therapy
c) Brief Strategic Family Therapy
d) Best System for Family Therapy
12. Total how many crimes were committed by the juvenile offenders during 1978?
13. The behavioral study done on delinquent children by the _____.
14. A youth is considered a juvenile delinquent:?
a-As soon as they break the law.
b. When they are apprehended by the police.
c. When they are processed through the court and adjudicated.
d. All of the above
15. What is the goal of Juvenile Justice System?
a) To maintaining public safety,
b) skill development,
d) All of the above
16. The term ‘delinquency’ has been defined
a) Clause (e) of section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986,
b) Clause (q) of section 4 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1832,
c) Only A
d) None of the above
17. Biogenic theory is based upon___.
a) Natural body
b) Emotional physiology
c) Physical illness
18. Delinquents behave in a way as they want to do because they are __________.
a) Criminal person
b) Normal person
c) Psycho person
d) Abnormal person
19. Who is the founder of biogenic theory?
a) Hirchi Johny
d) None of these
20.What Airchorn said “____”
a) “There must be something in child himself which environment changes his behavior towards delinquency”
c) None of the above
21.The first juvenile court law in the United States was enacted in the state of:
c. New York
22. the maximum tenure of punishment which can be given to the juvenile offenders is ___years and this punishment is valid for heinous crime
23.. The rehabilitative process includes:
a) Therapeutic guidance, skill development
b) Improve mental health and substance abuse Yoga and mind developing activities
c) Both A and C
d) Only B
25.. correctional institution" means-
a) An adult correctional centre;
b) juvenile correctional centre;
c) A remand centre;
d) A juvenile remand centre;
26. Existing studies of juvenile delinquents have shown that
a) children who have been abused are more likely to become involved in delinquent behavior
b) children who have been abused are equally as likely to become involved in delinquent behavior as children that were not abused
c) children who have been abused are less likely to become involved in delinquent behavior
d) there is no correlations between juvenile delinquency and children who have been abused.
27. A home where a small number of individuals in need of care or supervision live together.
b) Detention Facility
c) Group Home
28. Residential placements that provide participants with a series of physically challenging outdoor activities designed to prevent or reduce delinquent behavior and recidivism.
a) Juvenile Detention Center
b) Residential Treatment Center
c) Training School
d) Wilderness Camp
29. A somewhat dated label for juvenile correctional institutions.
a) Training School
b) Corporal Punishment
c) Residential Treatment Center
d) Detention Facility\
30. Having physical control over and legal responsibility for a prisoner or juvenile.
a) Corporal Punishment
b) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
c) Diagnostic Center
31. A center where all juveniles are sent for psychological, educational, and security evaluations before being sent to a long-term placement facility.
b) Diagnostic Center
c) Detention Facility
d) Group Home
32. Provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to stop and respond to juvenile misbehavior and victimization.
a) Detention Facility
b) Juvenile Detention Center
c) Group Home
d) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
33. Physical punishments such as flogging.
b) Wilderness Camp
c) Corporal Punishment
d) Detention Centers
34. A prison facility that houses only female inmates; there are far fewer of these than male prisons.
a) Custody Level
b) Special Populations
c) Women’s Prisons
d) American Correctional Association
35. Under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 a child below the age of 18 years is defined as
Answer - D
36.Dowry’ is defined under which section of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961?
(a) Section 3
(b) Section 5
(c) Section 2
(d) Section 4
37.The philosophical approach to corrections that focuses on the identification, prevention, and elimination of the underlying causes of crime.
a) Prison Overcrowding
b) Prison Programs
c) Medical Model
d) Minimum-security Prison
38. Early family treatment approaches for juvenile delinquents include
a) family systems approach
b) short-term crisis intervention
c) multi-systemic therapy
d) d. A and B only
Answer - All of the above
39. ……are distinct forms of ‘Justice’ in the Indian constitution. a) Justice, empowerment, well being b) Social, economical, political c) Social, Psychological, emotional d) Social, educational, judicial Ans :- B
40. The First Amendment guarantees the right of the people to gather together, so long as they do so peacefully.