1. According to Erich Goode, a way to explain adolescent involvement in delinquency is through:<\/p>\n
social learning theory <\/p>\n
failure to fit into conventional society <\/p>\n
inadequate child-parent relationships <\/p>\n
social bond theory <\/p>\n
2. Over the past 15 years, the number of females arrested for violent crimes has increased ____ percent.<\/p>\n
15 <\/p>\n
25 <\/p>\n
30 <\/p>\n
45<\/p>\n
3. Infanticide is primarily committed by members of a child’s family using ____.<\/p>\n
poison <\/p>\n
guns <\/p>\n
hands or feet <\/p>\n
knives<\/p>\n
4. In 2005, the U.SHistorically, which of the following was not handled by the juvenile court?<\/p>\n
neglected children <\/p>\n
delinquents <\/p>\n
hate crimes <\/p>\n
status offenses<\/p>\n
5. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for offenders under the age of 18 at the time they committed their crime:<\/p>\n
could continue as it is in line with the Stubborn Child Law of the Constitution <\/p>\n
violates the Eighth Amendment <\/p>\n
is acceptable to the general public and, therefore, constitutional <\/p>\n
violates the principle of parens patriae<\/p>\n
6. nce a juvenile is detained and a petition is filed, a hearing must be scheduled within:<\/p>\n
24 hours <\/p>\n
48-72 hours <\/p>\n
85-120 hours <\/p>\n
1 week<\/p>\n
7. When a juvenile is suspected of committing a crime, police have the discretion to:<\/p>\n
release the child and report the contact <\/p>\n
interrogate or search the child <\/p>\n
turn the child over to their parents under the promise of punishment <\/p>\n
both A and B are correct<\/p>\n
8. Most youth tend to pick friends who are like themselves. The term that describes this process is called_________.<\/p>\n
homophily <\/p>\n
heliophobia <\/p>\n
hobophobily <\/p>\n
hormephobia<\/p>\n
9. According to criminologist Ko-lin Chin, Chinese gang activity is dominated by:<\/p>\n
fighting over turf <\/p>\n
accumulating money <\/p>\n
doing drugs <\/p>\n
organizing prostitution rings <\/p>\n
10. The Rochester Youth Development Study found that gang members accounted for _____ percent of the serious delinquent acts in the community.<\/p>\n
10 <\/p>\n
18 <\/p>\n
nearly 40 <\/p>\n
more than 85<\/p>\n
11. Some risk factors associated with gang membership include:<\/p>\n
poverty <\/p>\n
failure in school <\/p>\n
prior violence <\/p>\n
increased drug use <\/p>\n
all of the above are correct<\/p>\n
12. Latchkey children are those who:<\/p>\n
regularly pick the locks on their neighbor’s homes <\/p>\n
have been abandoned at home by work-oriented parents <\/p>\n
regularly care for themselves without adult supervision after school or on weekends <\/p>\n
have highly authoritarian parents <\/p>\n
13. In a study of the relationship between religiosity and delinquency, Travis Hirschi and Rodney Stark found that:<\/p>\n
religious adolescents had lower rates of delinquency <\/p>\n
religious adolescents had higher rates of delinquency <\/p>\n
atheist adolescents had lower rates of delinquency than religious adolescents <\/p>\n
there was no relationship between religiosity and delinquency <\/p>\n
14. According to Russell Hill and Frank Stafford, one way mothers compensate for being in the paid labor force full-time is by:<\/p>\n
spending more money on their children <\/p>\n
cutting down on their own sleep and leisure time <\/p>\n
taking time off from work to be with their children <\/p>\n
spending more time with their children on weekends <\/p>\n
15. According to Bruce Chadwick and Brent Top, the more _____ a person is, the less likely he or she will participate in delinquent or criminal behaviors.<\/p>\n
ethical <\/p>\n
educated <\/p>\n
financially secure <\/p>\n
religious <\/p>\n
16. According to the most recent Indicators of School Crime and Safety report, children were ___ times more likely to be murdered away from school than at school.<\/p>\n
5 <\/p>\n
12 <\/p>\n
22 <\/p>\n
50<\/p>\n
17. Children are ____ times more likely to be murdered away from school than at school.<\/p>\n
16 <\/p>\n
35 <\/p>\n
50 <\/p>\n
80<\/p>\n
18. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in _____, that school officials may legally search students and their lockers without consent.<\/p>\n
Thompson v. Carthage School District <\/p>\n
New Jersey v. T.L.O. <\/p>\n
Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton <\/p>\n
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette<\/p>\n
19. Research has found that schools with zero-tolerance policies are _____ orderly and secure than schools, which use a case-by-case approach.<\/p>\n
significantly more <\/p>\n
significantly less <\/p>\n
no more <\/p>\n
no less<\/p>\n
20. Peers offer each other a sense of which of the following?<\/p>\n
acceptance <\/p>\n
camaraderie <\/p>\n
empowerment <\/p>\n
all of the above are correct<\/p>\n
21. Which one of the following is not a risk factor for very early childhood and delinquency?<\/p>\n
maternal smoking <\/p>\n
bullying <\/p>\n
parent incarceration <\/p>\n
exposure to lead<\/p>\n
22. Impoverished neighborhoods often are characterized by which of the following?<\/p>\n
high rates of self-employment <\/p>\n
inadequate education systems <\/p>\n
strong social support networks <\/p>\n
both B and C are correct<\/p>\n
23. The most effective prevention programs are aimed at children in:<\/p>\n
the earliest stages of life <\/p>\n
preschool and kindergarten <\/p>\n
run-down neighborhoods <\/p>\n
early Head Start program<\/p>\n
24. The numerous early prevention programs conducted since the 1970’s have concluded that: <\/p>\n
children are active learners and that they are better equipped to enter kindergarten<\/p>\n
prevention is more effective among females<\/p>\n
all crime prevention programs need to target the lower-class<\/p>\n
early intervention in prenatal care improves child development and decreases risk factors<\/p>\n
25. A _____ approach to the drug problem involves using a public health model to reduce the risks and consequences of using illicit drugs.<\/p>\n
D.A.R.E.<\/p>\n
legalization<\/p>\n
harm reduction<\/p>\n
resistance education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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