2024 Annual Conference Post-Test - Treating Kids Like Kids: Ending the Prosecution of Young Children

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* 1. Contact Information

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* 2. Email

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* 3. Do you feel this Conference covered all the promoted learning objectives

Yes

Not Sure

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* 4. Were you able to recognize the components of Quality: Equity, Experience, and Efficacy throughout the Conference?

Yes

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* 5. The following are things I liked about the session:

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* 6. The following are things I did not like about the session:

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* 7. I plan on doing something different as a result of the session

Yes

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* 8. This session gave me work related solutions to a problem

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* 9. I am better informed about the subject matter as a result of this session

Yes

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* 10. The session content is applicable to my job or personal interest

Yes

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* 11. The session content is applicable to my job or personal interest

Yes

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* 12. A bare majority of U.S. states (26) have established any minimum age for prosecuting children in juvenile court - true or false?

True

False

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* 13. What is the most common age of criminal responsibility internationally and the minimum age of criminal responsibility recommended by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child?

10 years old

12 years old

14 years old

16 years old

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* 14. Research has found that incarceration at a young age (7-13 years old) is associated with:

Future marital instability

Eating disorders

Weaker job skills

Poor physical and mental health outcomes

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* 15. Removing the threat of prosecution from young children:

Results in less accountability for offending so children commit more offenses

Reduces the chance that families will avoid accessing treatment because of fear of legal repercussions

Results in children getting less services

Causes adults to use young children to commit crimes for them

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* 16. Research has shown that early contact with the justice system:

Leads to obesity

May affect siblings

Has a negative or backfire effect leading to youth subsequently committing more offenses

Leads to an increase in youth violence

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* 17. Research has found that adults with a history of child incarceration were disproportionately:

Black or Hispanic

Female

Asian

Muslim

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* 18. Australia has had a minimum age of criminal responsibility for since 1914 and they are now trying to raise the age. What is that current minimum age?

8 years old

10 years old

12 years old

14 years old

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* 19. In Australia, indigenous children comprise 6 percent of the population of children. They are disproportionately represented in detention centers. Currently, approximately _____ % of children from 10 to 13 years old in the justice system are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children.

20 percent

35 percent

65 percent

80 percent

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* 20. Which risk factor increases the likelihood that a child interacts with the legal system at a younger age than their peers?

Poor educational attainment

Child welfare involvement

Parental incarceration

Poverty

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* 21. What is the most appropriate response to young children accused of sexually problematic behavior?

Placement in secure residential treatment facilities

Children require intensive long-term therapy to reduce recidivism in their adolescence or adulthood

Focus treatment on behavioral, emotional and cognitive self-regulation skills

Prioritize addressing sexually problematic behavior before tackling other issues

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* 22. What is the top offense for which young children in Massachusetts were arrested prior to the law establishing a minimum age of juvenile court jurisdiction of 12 years old?

Assaults

Sex based offenses

Property destruction

Theft

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* 23. The prevalence rate of youth with mental health disorders within the juvenile court system is higher than those within the general population of adolescents. Estimates reveal that:

40 to 80 percent of incarcerated youth have at least one diagnosable mental health disorder

20 to 30 percent of incarcerated youth have at least one diagnosable mental health disorder

10 to 20 percent of incarcerated youth have at least one diagnosable mental health disorder

0 percent

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* 24. How many families reported experiencing at least 1 barrier to accessing mental health services?

60 percent

97 percent

85 percent

33 percent