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Juvenile Law Chapter 3 Quiz



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

When police take custody of a juvenile, they must always obtain a warrant before they can search the juvenile.
 

 2. 

When police search juveniles, they may also search the juveniles’ wingspan, or the area the juveniles could reach with their arms expended.
 

 3. 

A legal team should be prepared to submit or defend a motion to suppress in any delinquency action.
 

 4. 

Police may never take juveniles into custody without arrest warrants.
 

 5. 

Police may not fingerprint or take mug shots of juveniles in detention due to the nonpunitive nature of delinquency actions.
 

 6. 

Police can take juveniles into custody without arrest warrants if they have probable cause to believe that the juveniles committed acts that would be crimes if adults had committed them.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 7. 

It is important to understand the law of search and seizure because
a.
It helps practitioners to understand the constitutional underpinnings of the law
b.
Most delinquency actions involve an element of search and seizure
c.
It helps understand the history of American law
d.
Most delinquency actions move on to criminal court
 

 8. 

Taking custody of juveniles in a delinquency context is equivalent to
a.
Removing juveniles from their parents
b.
Allocating parental rights and responsibilities of children
c.
Putting juveniles in a detention facility
d.
Arresting adults
 

 9. 

When police take custody of a juvenile, it automatically invokes the jurisdiction of the
a.
Juvenile court
b.
Criminal court
c.
Social services agency
d.
Police department
 

 10. 

The Constitutional Amendments that apply to searches and seizures are
a.
The First and Fourth Amendments
b.
The Fourth and Fifth Amendments
c.
The Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments
d.
The First and Fourteenth Amendments
 

 11. 

Authorities seeking a search warrant must support that warrant with evidence that amounts to
a.
A preponderance of the evidence
b.
Certainty beyond a reasonable doubt
c.
Probable cause
d.
Reasonable grounds
 

 12. 

“Probable cause” means
a.
Clear, articulable facts to support a claim
b.
A reasonable suspicion
c.
Indisputable evidence
d.
A rebuttable presumption
 

Essay
 

 13. 

What is the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine?
 

 14. 

What is the Exclusionary Rule?
 

 15. 

What is a Terry stop?
 



 
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