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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Los Angeles Superior Court, Juvenile Court Division located?

2. What were the names of the people that Ronald Duncan was accused of murdering?

3. According to the author in Part 1, Chapter 3, due to the protections of the Juvenile court, Ronald Duncan would be released by what age?

4. What is the name of the boy who testified against his father for molestation in Peggy Beckstrand’s memories of a prior case in Part 1, Chapter 3?

5. How old was the schoolgirl that was caught with gang tattoos and distributing fliers for a party in Part 1, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Luis Santos described by the author in Part 1, Chapter 6? What was Luis charged with?

2. For what reasons did John Sloan join a street gang, according to the author in Part 1, Chapter 5?

3. How did Judge Dorn’s conflict with the Public Defender’s office begin to escalate in Part 1, Chapter 7?

4. How is Carla James’s family history described in Part 1, Chapter 2? When did Carla’s dad die?

5. How is Judge Roosevelt Dorn described in Part 1, Chapter 1? What was Beckstrand’s impression of Dorn?

6. How does the author describe “status offenses” in Part 1, Chapter 2? What is Humes’s opinion of status offenses?

7. How does the author describe George Trevino in Part 1, Chapter 6? How did George become a “300 kid”?

8. How were Joseph Gutierrez’s actions perceived by the court in Part 1, Chapter 5?

9. What was Roosevelt Dorn’s history prior to his appointment in Inglewood? How did this history influence him as a judge?

10. According to the author in “Intake,” a LA social project was monitoring Richard Perez and others like him within the California Juvenile Justice system. What did these researchers conclude from the study?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the landmark case of Gerald Frances Gault. When was In re Gault published by the Supreme Court? What did this decision mean for the future of the juvenile justice system in the United States? How does Edward Humes view the case?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of Central Juvenile Hall and examines the mood and tone of the book as established through this setting in “Intake.” How does the author establish a sense of fear and desperation within this setting? In what state of disrepair is the building described? Is this facility the same today?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the statistics of the LA social study on the juvenile justice system in Los Angeles described by the author in the Prologue of Part 1. Has this study been contested since the book was written? Where does the juvenile justice system stand today comparatively? Who conducted this study?

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