Juvenile Delinquency Final Exam Questions and Answers

Dark figure - In relation to UCR criticism its focus on only serious index offenses and the underreporting by citizens - the unreported crimes Delinquency - Conduct that subjects a juvenile individual to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court Criminal delinquency - Delineation of activity that is illegal regardless of the age of the offender Status delinquency - Behavior not classified as criminal but still accounted for, it is only illegal if it is committed by persons of a certain age MTF Survey (monitor the future) - A self-report survey, administered annually to high school seniors, college students, and young adults, that include both serious and less serious offenses, such as robbery, aggravated assault, hitting teachers, use of weapons, group fighting and drug usage NYS (national youth survey) - A self-report survey administered to 11-17 year old youths that tap information on index offenses NIBRS (national incident based reporting system) - An incident-based reporting system used by law enforcement agencies in the United States for collecting and reporting data on crimes. Local, state and federal agencies generate data from their records management systems. UCR (uniform crime report) - Annually collected and gathered by the FBI, which provides information on the numbers of offenses that come to the attention of police/ number of arrest the police make/ and number of referrals by the police to the juvenile court. NCVS - Bureau of the Census & Bureau of Justice Statistics asks large national sample (ages 12 and up) about their experiences as victims during a given period of time Self-report - Surveys that attempt to gauge the level of delinquency by asking individuals to tell their own participation in deviant activity