How Much Do You Know About Juvenile Crime?
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This quiz will be used as a tool for students to assess their knowledge of current juvenile crime statistics prior to beginning a R-180 unit (Workshop 8) on related subject matter. ---------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- &n bsp;
- 1.Every _____ minutes a teen is arrested for an alcohol-related crime. (Source: Crime Time by Safe Place)
- A.
4
- B.
8
- C.
10
- D.
20
- 2.Every _____ minutes a teen is arrested for a drug-related crime. (Source: Crime Time by Safe Place)
- A.
3
- B.
7
- C.
15
- D.
20
- 3.Most teens are arrested for ____________________. (Source: ODDJP)
- A.
Curfew violations
- B.
Drug use
- C.
Disorderly conduct/fighting
- D.
Theft/stealing
- 4.__________% of juveniles have never been arrested. (Source: dcba.org)
- A.
80
- B.
85
- C.
90
- D.
94
- 5.Juveniles were responsible for ________% of all murders in the USA in 2006. (Source: OJJDP)
- A.
5
- B.
10
- C.
15
- D.
20
- 6.During the school week, when are juveniles are most likely to commit violent crimes? (Source: OJJDP)
- A.
Before school
- B.
During school
- C.
Right after school
- D.
In the evening
- 7.In 2006, juvenile females committed more of these 3 crimes than juvenile males did:(Source: OJJDP, Custody Data)CHOOSE 3 ANSWERS BELOW:
- A.
Drug use or sales
- B.
Simple assult (causes bodily injury to someone else)
- C.
Theft (stealing)
- D.
Parole, probation, or court violations
- 8.Between 1985 and 2005, most juveniles were on probation for this type of crime:(Source: OJJDP, Probation)
- A.
Drug use or sales
- B.
Assult against a person
- C.
School truancies
- D.
Damaging property
- 9.About how many juveniles in the United States were arrested in 2008?(Source: OJJDP, Juvenile Arrests)
- A.
50,000
- B.
500,000
- C.
1,000,000 (1 million)
- D.
2,000,000 (2 million)
- 10.Of the 2 million juveniles arrested in 2008, 1/4 (or 25%) of the juveniles arrested for violent crimes were age:(Source: OJJDP, Juvenile Arrests)
- A.
15 or younger
- B.
16
- C.
17
- D.
18
- 11.What is the most common school crime?(Source: OJJDP, School Crime Victimization 1992-2006)
- A.
Drug use or sales
- B.
Property damage
- C.
Theft (stealing)
- D.
Truancies
- 12.True or False: Before the year 1900, juveniles aged 14+ who committed crimes were charged in the same courts as adults, were put into adult prisons, and received the same sentences as adults (even execution).(Source: buildingblocksforyouth.org)
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.In 1988, the US Supreme Court ruled that no person under the age of _____ may be executed for a crime. (Source: onlinelawyersource.com)
- A.
14
- B.
15
- C.
16
- D.
17
- 14.Juveniles are involved in 1 in 4 (or 25% of) ___________.(Source: onlinelawyersource.com)
- A.
Murders
- B.
Weapons violations
- C.
Robberies
- D.
Drug use/abuse
- 15.If you are a juvenile who commits a crime in Illinois and are found guilty, you can be placed on court supervision for up to _____________________.(Source: OJJDP)
- A.
12 months (1 year)
- B.
24 months (2 years)
- C.
36 months (3 years)
- D.
48 months (4 years)
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