40 MCQ on Correctional Social Work
1. Which age group is defined as
juvenile delinquency?
a) Above
18
b) Below
18
c) None
of these
d) All of
the above
Answer -B
2. The term ‘juvenile has
been defined in which clause?
a) Clause
(h) Sec.2 , 1986
b) Clause
(f) Sec. 8, 1986
c) Clause
(e) Sec.2 , 1986
d) None
of these
Answer-A
3. The cause of JD would be-
a) Physical
disorder
b) Theoretical
cause
c) Both A
and B
d) Only B
Answer-A
4. Social disorganization defined
to-
a) the joint family system is coming to an end a, a new trend has evolved wherein both
the parents are working and as a result, children are left neglected and such
isolation leads to the child’s involvement in wrongful acts.
b) the behavioral study was done on delinquent children by the psychologists,
c) the
major reasons as to why children are entering into the worlds of crime are
because of their bad company.
d) Only C
Answer-A
5. How many theories are there
in Juvenile Justice?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 8
d) 4
Answer-B
6. What is a psychogenic theory?
a) the
genetic factors, substance balances within the organism, and undoubtedly the
impact of physical illness on his behavior,
b) there
must be something in the child himself which environment changes his behavior
towards delinquency,
c) the the conception that the natural body structure of criminals is generally different
from normal human beings,
d) the
emotional physiology of the delinquent. Hirschi stated that all theories are
based on these aspects
Answer -A
7. Which of the following
constitutes a type of juvenile delinquency?
a) a.
status offense
b) b.
civil offense
c) c.
criminal offense
d) d. a
and c only
Answer -A, C AND D
8. In 1999, what was the percentage, of all
juvenile delinquency cases, which had been disposed by the courts?
a. 12%
b. 29%
c. 41%
d. 57%
Answer-A
9. A child below the age of ______, who commits a crime, is not held morally or
criminally responsible for that act.
a) 5
b) 7
c) 10
d) 12
Answer-B
10. The theory that states
that “the family is the major socializing agent that influences and helps shape
the child's attitude, values, behavior, and personality” is the
a) a.
Effective Parenting Theory
b) b.
Family Circle Theory
c) c.
Family Systems Theory
d) d.
Meta-analysis Theory
Answer -B
11. BSFT stands for
a) Best
Sessions of Family Therapy
b) Brief
Session For Therapy
c)
Brief
Strategic Family Therapy
d) Best
System for Family Therapy
Answer -C
12. Total how many crimes were committed by the
juvenile offenders during 1978?
a) 87322
b) 28902
c) 44289
d) 44284
Answer -C
13. The behavioral study done
on delinquent children by the _____.
a) Neglected
b) Isolated
c) Psychologist
d) Social
Ansewr -C
14. A youth is considered a
juvenile delinquent:?
a-As soon as they
break the law.
b. When they are
apprehended by the police.
c. When they are
processed through the court and adjudicated.
d. All of the above
Answer --C
15. What is the goal of the Juvenile Justice System?
a) To
maintaining public safety,
b) skill
development,
c) Habilitation,
d) All of
the above
Answer -D
16. The term ‘delinquency’ has
been defined
a) Clause
(e) of section 2 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986,
b) Clause
(q) of section 4 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1832,
c) Only A
d) None
of the above
Answer -C
17. Biogenic theory is based
upon___.
Environment changes
a) Natural
body
b) Emotional
physiology
c) Physical
illness
Answer -B
18. Delinquents behave in a
way as they want to do because they are __________.
a) Criminal
person
b) Normal person
c) Psycho
person
d) Abnormal
person
Answer -B
19. Who is the founder of biogenic theory?
a) Hirschi
Johny
b) Airchorn
c) Lombroso
d) None
of these
Answer -D
20.What Airchorn said “____”
a) “There
must be something in the child himself which environment changes his behavior
towards delinquency”
b) A
c) None
of the above
d) B
Answer -A
21.The first juvenile court
law in the United States was enacted in the state of:
a. Massachusetts
b. Illinois
c. New York
d. Connecticut
Answer -
22. the maximum tenure of the punishment which can be given to the juvenile offenders is ___years and this
punishment is valid for the heinous crime
a) 10
b) 2
c) 3
d) 7
Answer -D
23.. The rehabilitative process
includes:
a) Therapeutic
guidance, skill development
b) Improve
mental health and substance abuse Yoga and mind developing activities
c) Both A and C
d) Only B
Answer-C
25.. correctional
institution" means-
a) An
adult correctional center;
b) juvenile
correctional center;
c) A
remand center;
d) A
juvenile remand centre;
Answer- B
26. Existing studies of juvenile delinquents have
shown that
a) children who have been
abused are more likely to become involved in delinquent behavior
b) children who have been
abused are equally as likely to become involved in delinquent behavior as
children that were not abused
c) children who have been
abused are less likely to become involved in delinquent behavior
d) there are no correlations between juvenile
delinquency and children who have been abused.
Answer-
27. A home where a small number of individuals in need of care or
supervision live together.
a) Intake
b) Detention Facility
c)
Group Home
d) Gao
Answer -C
28. Residential
placements that provide participants with a series of physically challenging
outdoor activities designed to prevent or reduce delinquent behavior and
recidivism.
a) Juvenile Detention Center
b) Residential Treatment Center
c)
Training School
d) Wilderness Camp
Answer-D
29. A
somewhat dated label for juvenile correctional institutions.
a) Training School
b) Corporal Punishment
c)
Residential Treatment Center
d) Detention Facility\
Answer -D
30. Having
physical control over and legal responsibility for a prisoner or juvenile.
a) Corporal Punishment
b) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
c)
Diagnostic Center
d) Custody
Answer -D
31. A center
where all juveniles are sent for psychological, educational, and security
evaluations before being sent to a long-term placement facility.
a) Penitence
b) Diagnostic Center
c)
Detention Facility
d) Group Home
Answer -B
32. Provides
national leadership, coordination, and resources to stop and respond to
juvenile misbehavior and victimization.
a) Detention Facility
b) Juvenile Detention Center
c)
Group Home
d) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Anwer-D
33. Physical
punishments such as flogging.
a) Gaol
b) Wilderness Camp
c)
Corporal Punishment
d) Detention Centers
Answer -C
34. A prison facility
that houses only female inmates; there are far fewer of these than male
prisons.
a) Custody Level
b) Special Populations
c)
Women’s Prisons
d) American Correctional Association
Answer -C
35. Under the Juvenile Justice
Act, 2015 a child below the age of 18 years is defined as
(a) Immature
(b) Young
(c) Adolescent
(d) Juvenile
Answer - D
36.Dowry’ is
defined under which section of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961?
(a) Section 3
(b) Section 5
(c) Section 2
(d) Section 4
Answer -C
37.The philosophical
approach to corrections that focuses on the identification, prevention, and
elimination of the underlying causes of crime.
a) Prison Overcrowding
b) Prison Programs
c)
Medical Model
d) Minimum-security Prison
Answer -C
38. Early family treatment approaches for juvenile
delinquents include
a) family systems approach
b) short-term crisis
intervention
c) multi-systemic therapy
d) d. A and B only
Ansewer - All of the above
39. ……are
distinct forms of ‘Justice’ in the Indian constitution.
a) Justice, empowerment, well being
b) Social, economical, political
c) Social, Psychological, emotional
d) Social, educational, judicial
Ans :- B
40. The First Amendment guarantees the right of the people to gather
together, so long as they do so peacefully.
a)
Right to the Free Exercise of
Religion
b)
Johnson v. Avery (1969)
c)
Right to Assemble
d)
Hudson v. Palmer (1984)
Answer
-C
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