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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. What does “CYA” refer to in Part 2, Chapter 11?
2. What former juvenile prisoner continued gang-banging even after being blinded by bullets in Part 2, Chapter 11?
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?
4. The boy who was apprehended in association with a series of some of the most brutal murders in LA County claimed that his family was where when the crimes were
5. Author Humes explains two cases involving Judge Dorn’s reform in the juvenile justice system in Part 2, Chapter 12. The good case involved a young schizophrenic named what?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How did the battle between Judge Dorn and the DA’s office progress in Part 3, Chapter 14?
3. What was the outcome in the case of Hugh, described by the author in Part 3, Chapter 15?
4. How was Judge Dorn’s new status offense system received, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 12?
5. Who was Peter Wilson? What did Peter Wilson address during a press conference described by the author in Part 2, Chapter 10?
6. How was Geri Vance’s court case described in Part 3, Chapter 16? What was the outcome?
7. How does the author describe the “reformer buzz” that took place in 1994 in Part 2, Chapter 9?
8. Who was arrested for the brutal murders in Inglewood in Part 3, Chapter 13? How was this suspect apprehended?
9. What did Roy Sukoda’s study show, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?
10. What program helped to rehabilitate Andre, according to the author in Part 2, Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
Discuss role of the intake officers at Central Juvenile Hall. Why does the author describe these figures as powerful? How do their reports help to shape the life of a prisoner within the juvenile justice system?
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