Juvenile Delinquency Exam 4
questions well answered graded A+
deterrence - correct answer ✔✔tries to prevent offenders from committing crimes by increasing
the severity of punishment
incapacitation - correct answer ✔✔tries to control delinquency by locking up serious offenders
so they cannot commit crime on the street
rehabilitation - correct answer ✔✔tries to reform offenders
prevention - correct answer ✔✔tries to stop individuals from becoming offenders by attacking
the root causes of crime
What is the best way to determine if a program is effective in reducing delinquency? - correct
answer ✔✔randomized experiment
How can they determine whether the reduction in delinquency is due to the program or some
other factor? - correct answer ✔✔treatment and control groups
How do researchers ensure that the juveniles in the treatment and control groups are roughly
identical? - correct answer ✔✔random assignment
essential elements of a randomized experiment - correct answer ✔✔start with a single group of
juveniles, randomly separate into a control group and a treatment group (one gets treatment
and the other does not), measure the delinquency
, four conditions to making causal statements - correct answer ✔✔1. association
2. association not due to chance
3. association not due to a third variable
4. correct causal order
problems in doing randomized experiements - correct answer ✔✔1. violation of the random
assignment procedure
2. arrest data is inaccurate
3. failure to complete the experiment
4. lack of generalizability
what can get in the way of performing a randomized experiment? - correct answer ✔✔ethical
problems - e.g., random sanctions
nonrandomized experiments - correct answer ✔✔start with two existing juvenile groups -
instead of creating one big group and splitting them identically
time series design - correct answer ✔✔before-and-after study
two reasons why a program is ineffective - correct answer ✔✔1. the program does not work
2. the program is not properly implemented
how do the police operate? - correct answer ✔✔1. mostly preventative patrol
2. only spend about 20% of their time on crime
3. reactive
4. usually do not catch the offender 5. rarely arrest the offender
questions well answered graded A+
deterrence - correct answer ✔✔tries to prevent offenders from committing crimes by increasing
the severity of punishment
incapacitation - correct answer ✔✔tries to control delinquency by locking up serious offenders
so they cannot commit crime on the street
rehabilitation - correct answer ✔✔tries to reform offenders
prevention - correct answer ✔✔tries to stop individuals from becoming offenders by attacking
the root causes of crime
What is the best way to determine if a program is effective in reducing delinquency? - correct
answer ✔✔randomized experiment
How can they determine whether the reduction in delinquency is due to the program or some
other factor? - correct answer ✔✔treatment and control groups
How do researchers ensure that the juveniles in the treatment and control groups are roughly
identical? - correct answer ✔✔random assignment
essential elements of a randomized experiment - correct answer ✔✔start with a single group of
juveniles, randomly separate into a control group and a treatment group (one gets treatment
and the other does not), measure the delinquency
, four conditions to making causal statements - correct answer ✔✔1. association
2. association not due to chance
3. association not due to a third variable
4. correct causal order
problems in doing randomized experiements - correct answer ✔✔1. violation of the random
assignment procedure
2. arrest data is inaccurate
3. failure to complete the experiment
4. lack of generalizability
what can get in the way of performing a randomized experiment? - correct answer ✔✔ethical
problems - e.g., random sanctions
nonrandomized experiments - correct answer ✔✔start with two existing juvenile groups -
instead of creating one big group and splitting them identically
time series design - correct answer ✔✔before-and-after study
two reasons why a program is ineffective - correct answer ✔✔1. the program does not work
2. the program is not properly implemented
how do the police operate? - correct answer ✔✔1. mostly preventative patrol
2. only spend about 20% of their time on crime
3. reactive
4. usually do not catch the offender 5. rarely arrest the offender
