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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. According to the author in Part 3, Chapter 16, when kids are arrested for violent crimes they what percentage chance of paying serious consequences?

2. What is the title of Part 3, Chapter 14?

3. Judge Scarlett expressed a radical view that the court should do what in Part 3, Chapter 13?

4. Carla James was sent to what facility, where she would spend most of her time in group therapy, in Part 2, Chapter 11?

5. Sharon Stegall’s parolee was shot by the members of what gang in Part 2, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the author describe the work of Peggy Beckstrand, Sharon Stegall, and Sherry Gold in Part 4, Chapter 18?

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

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

6. How was Ronald Duncan’s testimony described by the author in Part 3, Chapter 13?

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

8. How much time has passed at the beginning of Part 4, Chapter 18? How does the author describe Judge Dorn’s courtroom at this time?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the time period that the book covers. What politicians were in office at this time? What were public feelings about the juvenile justice system in the United States? How has the juvenile justice system changed from the time in which the book was written to today?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the childhood of Geri Vance and its contribution to Geri’s entrance into the juvenile justice system. Do you think that the criminal justice system should seek to remove children from homes like Geri’s? What are the positive and negative aspects of enacting programs to do such a thing?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the biography and work of Judge Roosevelt Dorn. What was Dorn’s history prior to his appointment at the Thurgood Marshall Branch? What was his military history? What was controversial about Dorn’s approach to the juvenile justice system in LA County?

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