1. One of this training’s learning goals/objectives was to explain the brain-based _________ associated with juveniles’ greater capacity for reform. *

2. True or false? The last issue on the agenda for this training was the impacts associated with placing juveniles in adult jails. *

3. According to Stevenson, 2020, we can’t do justice until we understand *

4. In what state can juveniles be charged as adults? *

5. What power does direct file give to prosecutors? *

6. What do we call the measure of the degree to which a person can be held responsible for an action? *

7. In what case did the Supreme Court decide that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed while under the age of 18? *

8. In what case did the Supreme Court prohibit life without parole sentences for juvenile offenders even for murder convictions? *

9. The Supreme Court decision to prohibit life without parole sentences for juveniles was based on which constitutional amendment? *

10. What was the Supreme Court’s reasoning behind its decision to prohibit life without parole sentences for juveniles? *

11. True or false? Juveniles are more vulnerable to negative external influences than adults. *

12. What are juveniles less able to do than adults? *

13. What is the underlying cause of immaturity? *

14. To what do juveniles attach greater value than risk? *

15. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons why juveniles have greater capacity for change and reform than adults? *

16. True or false? The presenter’s source for the developmental taxonomy- course of delinquent involvement was Moffit, 1993. *

17. True or false? According to Moffit, half of all delinquent 13-year-olds are expected to cease all offending. *

18. Recent research indicates that youths experience maturation of brain systems responsible for self-regulation into *

19. For how long were 1,300 serious male juvenile offenders followed in the study conducted by Steinberg, Cauffman, & Monahan? *

20. Steinberg, Cauffman, & Monahan studied the link between ____________ and desistance. *

21. The findings about the protracted maturation of brain systems stimulated interest in measuring young offenders’ *

22. At the time of the baseline interview, what percentage of the subjects in the Steinberg, Cauffman, & Monahan study were in institutional settings? *

23. Which of the following was an aspect of psychosocial maturity that was measured by Steinberg et al.? *

24. Which of the following is NOT an indicator of psychosocial maturity? *

25. True or false? Most juvenile offending is limited to early adolescence. *