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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sharon Stegall found herself before what Court Commissioner awaiting Carla’s docket in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Commissioner Skawinski.
(b) Commissioner Polinsky.
(c) Commissioner James.
(d) Commissioner Munson.

2. How many known members were there belonging to the 900 street gangs in Los Angeles County in 1994, according to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 45,000.
(d) 150,000.

3. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, who won passage of his proposal for a law that created a statewide task force to reinvent the Juvenile Court in California?
(a) Gil Garcetti.
(b) Buddy Rogers.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Ronald Duncan.

4. What male social worker helped Carla James by showing her the lives of those who came out of the facility in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) Mr. Shabazz.
(b) Mr. Williams.
(c) Mr. Paul.
(d) Mr. Jenkins.

5. Who was Peggy Beckstrand’s boss who spoke with Judge Dorn in Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) Higgins.
(b) Marcantel.
(c) Rogers.
(d) Jenkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the juvenile cases that make it to adult court, what percentage are dismissed as too minor, according to the author in Part 3, Chapter 16?

2. According to the narrator in Part 2, Chapter 10, Sister Janet prodded Geri Vance’s attorney to get him a reduced sentence. The attorney succeeded with a bargain that earned him what maximum sentence?

3. How many gang members were estimated on the streets of Los Angeles County in 1982, according to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18?

4. Humes describes what case of Sherry Gold’s involving a juvenile who was thought to be guilty until Gold’s investigation proved he was innocent in Part 3, Chapter 15?

5. In overreaction to hearing one of her parolees was shot, who did Sharon Stegall have locked up in Part 2, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Carla James sent for her actual sentence after her evaluation in Part 2, Chapter 11?

2. What outcome does the author describe for Elias Elizondo, Geri Vance, and John Sloan in Part 4, Chapter 18?

3. How did Judge Dorn view himself as an authority figure? How did others perceive him in the system, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 12?

4. Who was Peter Wilson? What did Peter Wilson address during a press conference described by the author in Part 2, Chapter 10?

5. What did Elias reveal to Sister Janet in Part 2, Chapter 10? How did this come about?

6. What did Roy Sukoda’s study show, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?

7. How does the author describe the “reformer buzz” that took place in 1994 in Part 2, Chapter 9?

8. How does the author describe the “funnel” of the juvenile justice system in Part 3, Chapter 16? What statistics does he provide?

9. What did Elias do in order to be sent to “adult prison” in Part 2, Chapter 11? Why?

10. How is Mark Lancaster’s background described in Part 3, Chapter 15? What was Mark charged with?

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