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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. How many kids were estimated in the Los Angeles Unified School District in 1994, according to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18?
(a) 250,000.
(b) 640,000.
(c) 950.
(d) 700,000.

2. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, the only segment of the California budget that was growing was what?
(a) The State parks.
(b) The prison budget.
(c) The Senate payroll.
(d) The governor’s expense account.

3. According to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18, the Justice Department estimated a rise in youth crime by how much in 2010?
(a) 45%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 150%.

4. What are the names of the two kids who were accused of sexually molesting a mentally handicapped boy in Part 3, Chapter 14?
(a) Thomas and Renaldo.
(b) Bernard and Joseph.
(c) Arnold and Bill.
(d) Cecil and Danny.

5. Elias was sent to CYA but disobeyed orders so that he would be sent to jail and would be able to kill whom, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) The father who beat him.
(b) The uncle that molested him.
(c) The man who shot his friend.
(d) The man who murdered his grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Part 3, Chapter 16, of the kids that are arrested each year in the U.S., how many are dropped through the “funnel” before even going to court?

2. What term refers to the imposition of military rule over designated areas on an emergency basis?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 14, the DA went after what judge (aside from Judge Dorn)?

4. What independent California state oversight agency does the author cite as having made recommendations for the juvenile court system in California in Part 4, Chapter 18?

5. Who is described in Part 3, Chapter 15 as coming from a good home but stabbed a gas station worker while he was high on primo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusions did Carla James express of the juvenile justice system to the author in Part 4, Chapter 18?

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

3. Humes relates two cases involving Dorn’s juvenile justice resolutions in Part 2, Chapter 12. How does he describe the “good outcome” case?

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

5. What incident is described by the author involving a child molestation case in the opening of Part 3, Chapter 14?

6. How was Judge Dorn’s new status offense system received, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 12?

7. How was Geri Vance’s court case described in Part 3, Chapter 16? What was the outcome?

8. What conclusions does the author reach of the juvenile justice system in Part 4, Chapter 18? What statistics were shown in Humes’s writing students?

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

10. How did the battle between Judge Dorn and the DA’s office progress in Part 3, Chapter 14?

(see the answer keys)

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