Juvenile Delinquency Exam 2
questions and answers
Chivalry Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Gender differences in the delinquency rate are a result
of police discretion and not real change in female delinquency
(Police are chivalrous and protective of women)
Masculinity Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Female delinquency used to be viewed as an
emotional or family-related matter, and the few "true" female delinquents were sexual oddities
whose criminal activity was a function of having masculine traits and characteristics
Gendered Pathways of Female Offending - correct answer ✔✔Early Puberty - Girls who reach
puberty at an early age are at an increased risk
Peer Interaction - Early puberty leads to males peers, and increased risk
Family - Family disruption can lead to an increased risk of delinquency
Gender-Scheme Theory - correct answer ✔✔Theory of development that holds that children
internalize gender scripts that reflect the gender-related social practices of the culture
Sandra Bem's Theory
Power-Control Theory - correct answer ✔✔Suggests that class influences delinquency by
controlling the quality of family life
John Hagen's Theory
Emancipation Theory/Liberal Feminism - correct answer ✔✔Females are less delinquent than
males because their social roles provide fewer opportunities to commit crimes
Freda Alder and Rita Simon
, Critical Feminism - correct answer ✔✔Theorize that gender inequality stems from unequal
power of men and women in society and the exploration of females by fathers and husbands; in
a patriarchal society women are a "commodity" like land or money
Gender Influences on Treatment in the JJS - correct answer ✔✔Girls are still "victims" in the
Juvenile Justice System, Girls are more likely to be picked up for status offences, Girls are
disadvantaged if their behavior is viewed as morally incorrect
Family Structures - correct answer ✔✔Traditional - centralized roles, low divorce rates, low
mom employment
Modern - less centralized, high divorce rates, high mom employment
Family Influence on Delinquency - correct answer ✔✔Economic stress is highly correlated with
family dysfunction
4 Categories of Family Dysfunction - correct answer ✔✔Family Breakup
Family Conflict
Family Effectiveness
Family Deviance
F. Ivan Nye's Quality of Home Life - correct answer ✔✔Pioneering Studies - Show that a child's
perception of his or her parents' marital happiness was a significant predictor of delinquency
Contemporary Studies - Also find that children who grow up in maladapted homes and witness
discord or violence later exhibit emotional disturbance and behavior problems
Types of Child Maltreatment - correct answer ✔✔Delinquency
Abuse
Neglect
questions and answers
Chivalry Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Gender differences in the delinquency rate are a result
of police discretion and not real change in female delinquency
(Police are chivalrous and protective of women)
Masculinity Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Female delinquency used to be viewed as an
emotional or family-related matter, and the few "true" female delinquents were sexual oddities
whose criminal activity was a function of having masculine traits and characteristics
Gendered Pathways of Female Offending - correct answer ✔✔Early Puberty - Girls who reach
puberty at an early age are at an increased risk
Peer Interaction - Early puberty leads to males peers, and increased risk
Family - Family disruption can lead to an increased risk of delinquency
Gender-Scheme Theory - correct answer ✔✔Theory of development that holds that children
internalize gender scripts that reflect the gender-related social practices of the culture
Sandra Bem's Theory
Power-Control Theory - correct answer ✔✔Suggests that class influences delinquency by
controlling the quality of family life
John Hagen's Theory
Emancipation Theory/Liberal Feminism - correct answer ✔✔Females are less delinquent than
males because their social roles provide fewer opportunities to commit crimes
Freda Alder and Rita Simon
, Critical Feminism - correct answer ✔✔Theorize that gender inequality stems from unequal
power of men and women in society and the exploration of females by fathers and husbands; in
a patriarchal society women are a "commodity" like land or money
Gender Influences on Treatment in the JJS - correct answer ✔✔Girls are still "victims" in the
Juvenile Justice System, Girls are more likely to be picked up for status offences, Girls are
disadvantaged if their behavior is viewed as morally incorrect
Family Structures - correct answer ✔✔Traditional - centralized roles, low divorce rates, low
mom employment
Modern - less centralized, high divorce rates, high mom employment
Family Influence on Delinquency - correct answer ✔✔Economic stress is highly correlated with
family dysfunction
4 Categories of Family Dysfunction - correct answer ✔✔Family Breakup
Family Conflict
Family Effectiveness
Family Deviance
F. Ivan Nye's Quality of Home Life - correct answer ✔✔Pioneering Studies - Show that a child's
perception of his or her parents' marital happiness was a significant predictor of delinquency
Contemporary Studies - Also find that children who grow up in maladapted homes and witness
discord or violence later exhibit emotional disturbance and behavior problems
Types of Child Maltreatment - correct answer ✔✔Delinquency
Abuse
Neglect
