Juvenile Delinquency Chapter 2 Test
Exam Questions + Verified Answers
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Lower class people from separate culture with own values and
norms which sometime conflict with conventional society -
correct answer ✅Culture of Poverty
Urban poor who have little chance of upward mobility -
correct answer ✅Underclass
Explain delinquency using socioeconomic condition and cultural
values -
correct answer ✅Social Structure Theories
Focus on condition within urban environment, disorganized area =
social control broken. Can't carry out functions crime increases -
correct answer ✅Social Disorganization Theory
Merton Theory of anomie, normlessness produced by rapidly
shifting moral values -
correct answer ✅Strain Theory
Conformity to the prevailing culture norms of lower class society
causes crime. Lower class subcultures has a unique set of values
, Juvenile Delinquency Chapter 2 Test
Exam Questions + Verified Answers
100% correct, Update 2026
and beliefs , which are invariably in conflict with conventional social
norms -
correct answer ✅Cultural Deviance Theory
Focus on influence social institutions have on individual behavior
and suggest law violating behavior is response social rather than
individual forces operating in urban environment -
correct answer ✅Contemporary Social Ecology Theory
Ability of communities to regulate behavior of residents thru
influence of community institutions such as family and school -
correct answer ✅Collective Efficacy
-
correct answer ✅Merton's Strain Theory of Anomie
Delinquency is function of conflict between goals people have and
means to achieve them -
correct answer ✅Merton's Strain Theory
Exam Questions + Verified Answers
100% correct, Update 2026
Lower class people from separate culture with own values and
norms which sometime conflict with conventional society -
correct answer ✅Culture of Poverty
Urban poor who have little chance of upward mobility -
correct answer ✅Underclass
Explain delinquency using socioeconomic condition and cultural
values -
correct answer ✅Social Structure Theories
Focus on condition within urban environment, disorganized area =
social control broken. Can't carry out functions crime increases -
correct answer ✅Social Disorganization Theory
Merton Theory of anomie, normlessness produced by rapidly
shifting moral values -
correct answer ✅Strain Theory
Conformity to the prevailing culture norms of lower class society
causes crime. Lower class subcultures has a unique set of values
, Juvenile Delinquency Chapter 2 Test
Exam Questions + Verified Answers
100% correct, Update 2026
and beliefs , which are invariably in conflict with conventional social
norms -
correct answer ✅Cultural Deviance Theory
Focus on influence social institutions have on individual behavior
and suggest law violating behavior is response social rather than
individual forces operating in urban environment -
correct answer ✅Contemporary Social Ecology Theory
Ability of communities to regulate behavior of residents thru
influence of community institutions such as family and school -
correct answer ✅Collective Efficacy
-
correct answer ✅Merton's Strain Theory of Anomie
Delinquency is function of conflict between goals people have and
means to achieve them -
correct answer ✅Merton's Strain Theory
