WorksheetsShould 11-Year Olds Be Charged With Adult Crimes?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does the article suggest is the reason behind politicians passing laws without considering the bigger picture?
Emotional knee-jerk reactions
Logical reasoning
Scientific evidence
Public demand
What is one reason children may not think about the world the way adults do?
They have more experience
They have little perspective
They are more logical
They have better judgment.
According to the text, who should make decisions about the age at which a child can be tried as an adult?
Legislators
Teachers
Judges with the help of psychiatrists and psychologists
Parents
What is suggested as a better approach than ad-hoc legislative determinations for deciding if a child can be tried as an adult?
Public voting
Case-by-case analysis
Random selection
Parental decision
Fill in the blank: Judges are needed to make decisions based on the ______ of the circumstances.
Simplicity
Totality
Irrelevance
Unimportance
What is the main reason juveniles may be incompetent to stand trial as adults according to the study?
Lack of physical strength
Emotional or intellectual inability
Financial constraints
Lack of legal representation
What did the study suggest about juveniles who went to adult trial?
They were always guilty
They were seriously impaired in understanding the proceedings
They were well-prepared
They had prior criminal records.
Fill in the blank: The study tested individuals aged eleven to ________ years old.
18
20
24
30
What did the study find about the performance in reasoning for youths aged sixteen and seventeen?
It was better than adults
It was worse than adults
It did not differ from those at least eighteen years of age
It was not tested.
Fill in the blank: The study found that fourteen or fifteen-year-olds were ________ as likely to be seriously impaired in awareness and reasoning.
half
equally
twice
three times
