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It has been recommended that the juvenile justice system base supervision, service, and resource-allocation on the results of validated ______.

• analyses of justice outcomes

• cost/benefit evaluations

• risk and needs assessments

• evaluations of offender culpability

To be eligible for the Youth Aid Panels program, a youth must be charged with committing a(n) ______.

• act of delinquency

• nonviolent offense

• status offense

• violent offense

It has been suggested that the juvenile justice system should tailor its policies, programs, and supervision to reflect the distinct ______ needs of adolescent.

• criminogenic

• developmental

• psychological

• social

The target population for warning programs are normally first-time misdemeanor offenders and those who commit ______.

• acts of delinquency

• nonviolent, but serious offenses

• school-based offenses

• status offenses

Some states have begun to create ______ to train police in response techniques that are appropriate for people, especially juvenile offenders, suffering from mental health symptoms or problems.

• Crisis Intervention Teams

• Crisis Response Teams

• Crisis Initiated Response Teams

• Crisis Trained Teams

The principle stakeholders of the juvenile justice system have recommended that the system should adopt and effectively implement programs and services demonstrated to ______ and improve other adolescent outcomes, and use data to evaluate system performance and direct system improvement.

• guide planning and policy creation

• increase offender culpability

• provide healthy relationships

• reduce recidivism

The homebuilders program provides ______ crisis intervention, counseling, and life skills education for families who have children at imminent risk of placement to state-funded care.

• after school

• community

• in-home

• provisional

The target population for formal diversion programs usually includes first-time or low-level offenders, as well as ______.

• higher risk juvenile offenders with mental health/substance abuse issues

• nonviolent offenders with a moderate number of prior offenses

• offenders who commit primarily school-based offenses

• status offenders and family-based offenses

The ______ is a 4 week, multifaceted, after-school diversion program designed to divert low- and mid-level youthful offenders away from further juvenile court involvement.

• Project Back-on-Track

• Project Stop

• Project Turn Back

• Project U-turn

The Girls Circle Program is a ______ group that works with girls, ages 9-18, through the integration of cultural differences, resiliency practices, and skills training to assist in reducing offending behaviors.

• Behavioral-based

• Cognitive-based

• Strengths-based

• Trauma-based