Juvenile Delinquency Test 1, Chapters 1-
3 Exam Questions and Answers (Latest
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Lessons learned from childhood
Ex: no burping at the dinner table; take hat off in someone's house
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correct answer ✅Folkways
Established practices and customs
Ex: National anthem; singing or taking hats off during anthem -
correct answer ✅Mores
Written, codified. Violations could involve legal trouble
Ex: MUST pay taxes or be arrested for tax evasion -
correct answer ✅Laws
A socially defined position within a group -
correct answer ✅Status
Acts that are crimes for children only, such as a truancy,
incorrigibility, and idleness -
correct answer ✅Status Offenses
,Juvenile Delinquency Test 1, Chapters 1-
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An act in violation of criminal law that causes harm, is identified by
the law, committed with criminal intent, and subject to punishment
by the state. -
correct answer ✅Crime
1. Behavior committed by a minor child that violates a state's penal
code.
2. Participation in illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a
statutory age limit. -
correct answer ✅Juvenile Delinquency
Individuals performing acts that violate a state's penal code, but
never gets caught. -
correct answer ✅Secret Delinquency
Court that has original jurisdiction over persons defined by statute
as juveniles and alleged to be delinquents, status offenders, or
dependents. -
correct answer ✅Juvenile Court
, Juvenile Delinquency Test 1, Chapters 1-
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Mechanisms used within context of institutions such as schools,
churches, and justice systems that promote and encourage
conformity and sanction deviance. -
correct answer ✅Formal Social Controls
Characteristics of social relations that bring about conformity,
including parental supervision; sensitivity to others (their feelings,
wishes, and expectations); identification with others, emotional
detachment, and informal sanctions, including withdrawal of
affection, disregard, and ridicule. -
correct answer ✅Informal Social Controls
Restrictions and punishments imposed by others that limits
behavior and rewards that encourage and reinforce behavior. -
correct answer ✅Direct Controls
Pressures and reasons to conform that are based on affectional
identification with others, especially parents, such that people
conform in order to maintain relationship bonds and to avoid
disappointing others. -
correct answer ✅Indirect Controls
3 Exam Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
Lessons learned from childhood
Ex: no burping at the dinner table; take hat off in someone's house
-
correct answer ✅Folkways
Established practices and customs
Ex: National anthem; singing or taking hats off during anthem -
correct answer ✅Mores
Written, codified. Violations could involve legal trouble
Ex: MUST pay taxes or be arrested for tax evasion -
correct answer ✅Laws
A socially defined position within a group -
correct answer ✅Status
Acts that are crimes for children only, such as a truancy,
incorrigibility, and idleness -
correct answer ✅Status Offenses
,Juvenile Delinquency Test 1, Chapters 1-
3 Exam Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
An act in violation of criminal law that causes harm, is identified by
the law, committed with criminal intent, and subject to punishment
by the state. -
correct answer ✅Crime
1. Behavior committed by a minor child that violates a state's penal
code.
2. Participation in illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a
statutory age limit. -
correct answer ✅Juvenile Delinquency
Individuals performing acts that violate a state's penal code, but
never gets caught. -
correct answer ✅Secret Delinquency
Court that has original jurisdiction over persons defined by statute
as juveniles and alleged to be delinquents, status offenders, or
dependents. -
correct answer ✅Juvenile Court
, Juvenile Delinquency Test 1, Chapters 1-
3 Exam Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
Mechanisms used within context of institutions such as schools,
churches, and justice systems that promote and encourage
conformity and sanction deviance. -
correct answer ✅Formal Social Controls
Characteristics of social relations that bring about conformity,
including parental supervision; sensitivity to others (their feelings,
wishes, and expectations); identification with others, emotional
detachment, and informal sanctions, including withdrawal of
affection, disregard, and ridicule. -
correct answer ✅Informal Social Controls
Restrictions and punishments imposed by others that limits
behavior and rewards that encourage and reinforce behavior. -
correct answer ✅Direct Controls
Pressures and reasons to conform that are based on affectional
identification with others, especially parents, such that people
conform in order to maintain relationship bonds and to avoid
disappointing others. -
correct answer ✅Indirect Controls
