Juvenile Delinquency Exam #1 (Ch. 1-
6) with full solutions
biological - ANS ✔what type of fact is puberty?
social - ANS ✔what type of fact is childhood and adolescence?
adolescence - ANS ✔did not emerge until the 19th century - goal was to get young people ready
as soon as possible for adult life
juvenile delinquency - ANS ✔not uniformly defined - dependent on both our definition of the
juvenile, and the time and place we are in - an act committed by an individual under the age of
18 that violates the penal code of the region which the act is committed
group - ANS ✔delinquency was developed by society to define a _____
social - ANS ✔juvenile delinquency is a ______ construct
status offense - ANS ✔an act that is not considered a crime and that adults can not get in
trouble for, but that society does not want juveniles doing - ex: running away from home,
truancy, drinking/smoking
status offense laws - ANS ✔directly tied to the views of juveniles as immature and in need of
guidance and direction
poor, minority, and female juveniles - ANS ✔what groups were more likely to be punished for
status offenses in the 60's and 70's?
, juveniles - ANS ✔who are status offenses applied to?
how status offenses are treated - ANS ✔aren't arrested or formally treated by juvenile court,
but sometimes they are if they are considered a chronic status offender
their lives were monitored closer, - ANS ✔how are juvenile offenders viewed and treated
compared to adults?
well-being - ANS ✔economic circumstances, physical environment and safety, and education are
key indicators of what?
children - ANS ✔economic conditions are actually worse for
social differentiation - ANS ✔different experiences which we use to define, describe, and
distinguish people based on different categories
social inequality - ANS ✔ascribed and achieved categories are the rankings which form what?
ascribed - ANS ✔social differentiation category that you are born into and cannot change (race,
gender)
achieved - ANS ✔social differentiation category that you can move into or out of (education
level, social class)
individual discrimination - ANS ✔what happens when individuals hold personal attitudes of
prejudice and act on these attitudes in a discriminatory fashion? - can appear as the
stereotyping of individuals based on their race, class, or gender
6) with full solutions
biological - ANS ✔what type of fact is puberty?
social - ANS ✔what type of fact is childhood and adolescence?
adolescence - ANS ✔did not emerge until the 19th century - goal was to get young people ready
as soon as possible for adult life
juvenile delinquency - ANS ✔not uniformly defined - dependent on both our definition of the
juvenile, and the time and place we are in - an act committed by an individual under the age of
18 that violates the penal code of the region which the act is committed
group - ANS ✔delinquency was developed by society to define a _____
social - ANS ✔juvenile delinquency is a ______ construct
status offense - ANS ✔an act that is not considered a crime and that adults can not get in
trouble for, but that society does not want juveniles doing - ex: running away from home,
truancy, drinking/smoking
status offense laws - ANS ✔directly tied to the views of juveniles as immature and in need of
guidance and direction
poor, minority, and female juveniles - ANS ✔what groups were more likely to be punished for
status offenses in the 60's and 70's?
, juveniles - ANS ✔who are status offenses applied to?
how status offenses are treated - ANS ✔aren't arrested or formally treated by juvenile court,
but sometimes they are if they are considered a chronic status offender
their lives were monitored closer, - ANS ✔how are juvenile offenders viewed and treated
compared to adults?
well-being - ANS ✔economic circumstances, physical environment and safety, and education are
key indicators of what?
children - ANS ✔economic conditions are actually worse for
social differentiation - ANS ✔different experiences which we use to define, describe, and
distinguish people based on different categories
social inequality - ANS ✔ascribed and achieved categories are the rankings which form what?
ascribed - ANS ✔social differentiation category that you are born into and cannot change (race,
gender)
achieved - ANS ✔social differentiation category that you can move into or out of (education
level, social class)
individual discrimination - ANS ✔what happens when individuals hold personal attitudes of
prejudice and act on these attitudes in a discriminatory fashion? - can appear as the
stereotyping of individuals based on their race, class, or gender
