FAQs/Feedback: FAQs

Q: How is this site different from the book?
A: This site has a variety of features that complement the book. It offers practice tests with questions that are different from the questions you’ll be receiving on in-class exams. You can give yourself practice tests as many times as you want on the web site; the automatic test generator provides slightly different questions each time. Also, this site offers links that are connected to the Web sites for all of the Internet exercises in your book. Click on any of these links to visit these sites. Finally, you will also enjoy the additional links that are provided for each chapter. Each of these links will give you greater insight into relevant juvenile justice issues and are excellent resources to bookmark for future use.

Q: Will I be graded on the practice test?
A: Although your professor has the option of asking students to e-mail test results to him or her, you do not have to be graded. In many instances, these tests serve as practice for you before you take an in-class exam.

Q: One of the links is dead, and my assignment is due tomorrow. What do I do?
A: Contact the Webmaster and give a full description of the dead link and where it appears on the Web site, then contact your professor and explain the situation. If the link is truly dead, other students will have the same problem and another Internet Exercise can be assigned in its place. However, sometimes links “play dead” due to temporary server problems. Before you contact anyone, try the link again 10–15 minutes later. If it still fails to work, it is most likely dead.

Q: I have a hard time finding research material when I go online. Where do I look?
A: One good place to start is with your favorite search engine. If you find that your query gets too many results, try an Advanced Search for a specific phrase or name. If your query does not get any responses, you may want to check your spelling or try other search engines—each one contains somewhat different material.
In addition, there are several juvenile justice Web sites that provide considerable research information. Three excellent places to start are the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org), the American Bar Association’s Juvenile Justice Center (www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/home.html), and the juvenile delinquency section of Cecil Greek’s Criminal Justice Links (www.criminology.fsu.edu/cjlinks/jd.html).

Q: A few of the research links are a little bit different from the way that they are described in the textbook. Why is this?
A: Since the Web is constantly changing, links die or move all the time. Although the Internet Exercises were updated the week before your textbook was printed, change on the Internet is uncontrollable. Therefore, we have updated some of the older links with newer ones that will provide you with similar but more current material.

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