Juvenile Delinquency Midterm-
University of Iowa questions and
answers
Correlates of Delinquency/Crime - correct answer ✔✔age, gender, race, ethnicity, class
Correlates of Delinquency - correct answer ✔✔Criminal parents
Delinquent friends
Teachers care
High crime neighborhood
Family structure
Not learning right and wrong
Family income (Social class)
Psych problems
Relationships with parents
analytical thinking strategy - correct answer ✔✔Assessing clarity
Assessing internal consistency
Assessing empirical adequacy
Assessing Clarity - correct answer ✔✔Identify key terms, phrases, underlying assumptions, and
explanatory model and all of its links
Assessing Internal Consistency - correct answer ✔✔Consistent assumptions? Links fit together
logically? Gaps in the explanation?
,Assessing empirical adequacy - correct answer ✔✔Does the evidence from the research
support every link in the proposed causal or explanatory chain? Does the evidence meet the
criteria of causality?
Principles of causality - correct answer ✔✔Assessing consistency with policy proposals-
Assessing consistency with policy proposals - correct answer ✔✔Policies consistent with
explanations and research? Do solutions follow from the causal chain? Policies weight major
factors in the explanation research
Culture Conflict Theory - correct answer ✔✔Groups disagree about right/wrong
Conflict over right and wrong
Law reflects conflict
Behavior is relative
Delinquency = MOTIVATED
Original state = blank state
Delinquency = An act motivated by conformity to group standards, which are in
Conflict with the law
Control Theories Ask - correct answer ✔✔Why don't people deviate?
Travis Hirschi's Social Control Theory - correct answer ✔✔a. Attachment : sensitivity to and
interest in others
b. Commitment : time, energy, and effort spent in conventional activities
c. Belief : morals, values, belief in the law
d. Involvement : participation in convention activities
, Assumptions of Anomie Theories - correct answer ✔✔Society = Consensus
Implication-del is NOT relative
Del= is motivated, not natural
Agnew's Basic Argument - correct answer ✔✔Negative relationships/interactionsà
Strain (negative affect, esp. anger)à
Delinquency
Major Sources of Strain (within relationships) - correct answer ✔✔Failure to get + stimuli
Loss of + stimuli
Presence of - stimuli
Negative stimuli lead to attempts to:
Escape physically
End the noxious stimuli
Seek revenge
Escape through drugs
Policy implications of strain - correct answer ✔✔Reduce repeated exposure to stressful
situations
Foster good (legal) coping skills
Critiques of Strain Theory - correct answer ✔✔Emphasis on anger and emotion is important
Coping skills (e.g. Social supports, identities, attitudes) in other theories)
temprament - correct answer ✔✔a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
University of Iowa questions and
answers
Correlates of Delinquency/Crime - correct answer ✔✔age, gender, race, ethnicity, class
Correlates of Delinquency - correct answer ✔✔Criminal parents
Delinquent friends
Teachers care
High crime neighborhood
Family structure
Not learning right and wrong
Family income (Social class)
Psych problems
Relationships with parents
analytical thinking strategy - correct answer ✔✔Assessing clarity
Assessing internal consistency
Assessing empirical adequacy
Assessing Clarity - correct answer ✔✔Identify key terms, phrases, underlying assumptions, and
explanatory model and all of its links
Assessing Internal Consistency - correct answer ✔✔Consistent assumptions? Links fit together
logically? Gaps in the explanation?
,Assessing empirical adequacy - correct answer ✔✔Does the evidence from the research
support every link in the proposed causal or explanatory chain? Does the evidence meet the
criteria of causality?
Principles of causality - correct answer ✔✔Assessing consistency with policy proposals-
Assessing consistency with policy proposals - correct answer ✔✔Policies consistent with
explanations and research? Do solutions follow from the causal chain? Policies weight major
factors in the explanation research
Culture Conflict Theory - correct answer ✔✔Groups disagree about right/wrong
Conflict over right and wrong
Law reflects conflict
Behavior is relative
Delinquency = MOTIVATED
Original state = blank state
Delinquency = An act motivated by conformity to group standards, which are in
Conflict with the law
Control Theories Ask - correct answer ✔✔Why don't people deviate?
Travis Hirschi's Social Control Theory - correct answer ✔✔a. Attachment : sensitivity to and
interest in others
b. Commitment : time, energy, and effort spent in conventional activities
c. Belief : morals, values, belief in the law
d. Involvement : participation in convention activities
, Assumptions of Anomie Theories - correct answer ✔✔Society = Consensus
Implication-del is NOT relative
Del= is motivated, not natural
Agnew's Basic Argument - correct answer ✔✔Negative relationships/interactionsà
Strain (negative affect, esp. anger)à
Delinquency
Major Sources of Strain (within relationships) - correct answer ✔✔Failure to get + stimuli
Loss of + stimuli
Presence of - stimuli
Negative stimuli lead to attempts to:
Escape physically
End the noxious stimuli
Seek revenge
Escape through drugs
Policy implications of strain - correct answer ✔✔Reduce repeated exposure to stressful
situations
Foster good (legal) coping skills
Critiques of Strain Theory - correct answer ✔✔Emphasis on anger and emotion is important
Coping skills (e.g. Social supports, identities, attitudes) in other theories)
temprament - correct answer ✔✔a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
