Erich Goode

According to Erich Goode, a way to explain adolescent involvement in delinquency is through: Answer    social learning theory    failure to fit into conventional society    inadequate child-parent relationships    social bond theory Over the past 15 years, the number of females arrested for violent crimes has increased ____ percent. Answer    15    25    30    45 Infanticide is primarily committed by members of a child’s family using ____. Answer    poison    guns    hands or feet    knives 6 points   In 2005, the U.SHistorically, which of the following was not handled by the juvenile court? Answer    neglected children    delinquents    hate crimes    status offenses . Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for offenders under the age of 18 at the time they committed their crime: Answer    could continue as it is in line with the Stubborn Child Law of the Constitution    violates the Eighth Amendment    is acceptable to the general public and, therefore, constitutional    violates the principle of parens patriae Once a juvenile is detained and a petition is filed, a hearing must be scheduled within: Answer    24 hours    48-72 hours    85-120 hours    1 week When a juvenile is suspected of committing a crime, police have the discretion to: Answer    release the child and report the contact    interrogate or search the child    turn the child over to their parents under the promise of punishment    both A and B are correct Most youth tend to pick friends who are like themselves. The term that describes this process is called_________.

Answer    homophily    heliophobia hobophobily    hormephobia According to criminologist Ko-lin Chin, Chinese gang activity is dominated by: Answer    fighting over turf    accumulating money    doing drugs    organizing prostitution rings The Rochester Youth Development Study found that gang members accounted for _____ percent of the serious delinquent acts in the community. Answer    10    18    nearly 40    more than 85 Some risk factors associated with gang membership include: Answer    poverty    failure in school    prior violence    increased drug use    all of the above are correct Latchkey children are those who: Answer    regularly pick the locks on their neighbor’s homes    have been abandoned at home by work-oriented parents    regularly care for themselves without adult supervision after school or on weekends    have highly authoritarian parents In a study of the relationship between religiosity and delinquency, Travis Hirschi and Rodney Stark found that: Answer    religious adolescents had lower rates of delinquency    religious adolescents had higher rates of delinquency    atheist adolescents had lower rates of delinquency than religious adolescents    there was no relationship between religiosity and delinquency According to Russell Hill and Frank Stafford, one way mothers compensate for being in the paid labor force full-time is by: Answer    spending more money on their children    cutting down on their own sleep and leisure time    taking time off from work to be with their children    spending more time with their children on weekends 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. Answer    ethical    educated    financially secure    religious 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. Answer    5    12    22    50   Children are ____ times more likely to be murdered away from school than at school. Answer 16    35    50    80   The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in _____, that school officials may legally search students and their lockers without consent. Answer    Thompson v. Carthage School District    New Jersey v. T.L.O.    Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton    West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette   Research has found that schools with zero-tolerance policies are _____ orderly and secure than schools, which use a case-by-case approach. Answer    significantly more    significantly less    no more    no less   Peers offer each other a sense of which of the following? Answer acceptance    camaraderie    empowerment    all of the above are correct   Which one of the following is not a risk factor for very early childhood and delinquency? Answer    maternal smoking    bullying    parent incarceration    exposure to lead   Impoverished neighborhoods often are characterized by which of the following? Answer    high rates of self-employment    inadequate education systems    strong social support networks    both B and C are correct   The most effective prevention programs are aimed at children in: Answer    the earliest stages of life    preschool and kindergarten    run-down neighborhoods    early Head Start program   The numerous early prevention programs conducted since the 1970’s have concluded that:   A _____ approach to the drug problem involves using a public health model to reduce the risks and consequences of using illicit drugs.