Juvenile Delinquency Exam 2
questions well answered passed
Accomplice network - correct answer ✔✔the pool of potential co-offenders available to the
adolescent, average size of seven
Adolescence Limited Offending - correct answer ✔✔offenders to start committing crimes in late
childhood to mid-adolescence and to stop committing crimes in late-adolescence, large limited
to just adolescence years
Adolescent Privileges - correct answer ✔✔
Attractive target - correct answer ✔✔Property: attractive targets are (1) visible/ accessible, (2)
valuable, (3) easy to move and/ or concealable, (4) enjoyable, (5) unlikely to provoke guilt if
stolen
People:(1) visible/ accessible, thought to possess valuable items like cash or jewelry, (3) unlikely
to offer effective resistance, (4) unlikely to provoke guilt
Biological Harms - correct answer ✔✔increase liklihood of crime, harm include: (1) the mothers
poor heath habits during pregnancy, (2) certain types of delivery complications, (3) exposure to
toxic substances such as lead, (4) certain deficiencies, and (5) head injury
Broken Homes - correct answer ✔✔all other homes that dont include both natural parents
Bullying - correct answer ✔✔involves behavior design to harm or disturb others, it occurs on a
repeat basis, and it invoves a more powerful person or group attacking a less powerful
, Community Advantage - correct answer ✔✔community residents have high incomes, advanced
educations, and prestigious jobs
Economic deprivation - correct answer ✔✔deprivation has been measured by average or
median family income levels in an area, the precentage of adult males unemployed, percent of
families on welfare, and average median educational level
Faliure to respond - correct answer ✔✔doing little to nothing in response to delinquency,may
be because people are unaware of the delinquency. Some labeling theorist argue failure to
responf to delinquency is a good strategy. Because it less likely for labeling
Female Gangs - correct answer ✔✔Three types of female gangs are found in mixed sex gangs,
independent gangs, and female gangs.-
Gangs - correct answer ✔✔- Gangs often differ greatly from one another
-street gang is any durable,street oriented group whose involvementt in illegal activitis is part of
its group identity.
Genetic Inheritance - correct answer ✔✔-there is a genetic component to crime
-twin studies, adoption studies, molecular genetic studies have been used to estimate genetic
inheritance
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Goal Blockage - correct answer ✔✔Related to Strain theory
-the inability of individuals to acheive culturally prescribed success goals
-when goals are blocked they become frustrated and resort to illgitimate or criminal paths
Informal reaction - correct answer ✔✔related to Labeling theory
-reactions from parents, peers, teachers, or others
questions well answered passed
Accomplice network - correct answer ✔✔the pool of potential co-offenders available to the
adolescent, average size of seven
Adolescence Limited Offending - correct answer ✔✔offenders to start committing crimes in late
childhood to mid-adolescence and to stop committing crimes in late-adolescence, large limited
to just adolescence years
Adolescent Privileges - correct answer ✔✔
Attractive target - correct answer ✔✔Property: attractive targets are (1) visible/ accessible, (2)
valuable, (3) easy to move and/ or concealable, (4) enjoyable, (5) unlikely to provoke guilt if
stolen
People:(1) visible/ accessible, thought to possess valuable items like cash or jewelry, (3) unlikely
to offer effective resistance, (4) unlikely to provoke guilt
Biological Harms - correct answer ✔✔increase liklihood of crime, harm include: (1) the mothers
poor heath habits during pregnancy, (2) certain types of delivery complications, (3) exposure to
toxic substances such as lead, (4) certain deficiencies, and (5) head injury
Broken Homes - correct answer ✔✔all other homes that dont include both natural parents
Bullying - correct answer ✔✔involves behavior design to harm or disturb others, it occurs on a
repeat basis, and it invoves a more powerful person or group attacking a less powerful
, Community Advantage - correct answer ✔✔community residents have high incomes, advanced
educations, and prestigious jobs
Economic deprivation - correct answer ✔✔deprivation has been measured by average or
median family income levels in an area, the precentage of adult males unemployed, percent of
families on welfare, and average median educational level
Faliure to respond - correct answer ✔✔doing little to nothing in response to delinquency,may
be because people are unaware of the delinquency. Some labeling theorist argue failure to
responf to delinquency is a good strategy. Because it less likely for labeling
Female Gangs - correct answer ✔✔Three types of female gangs are found in mixed sex gangs,
independent gangs, and female gangs.-
Gangs - correct answer ✔✔- Gangs often differ greatly from one another
-street gang is any durable,street oriented group whose involvementt in illegal activitis is part of
its group identity.
Genetic Inheritance - correct answer ✔✔-there is a genetic component to crime
-twin studies, adoption studies, molecular genetic studies have been used to estimate genetic
inheritance
-
Goal Blockage - correct answer ✔✔Related to Strain theory
-the inability of individuals to acheive culturally prescribed success goals
-when goals are blocked they become frustrated and resort to illgitimate or criminal paths
Informal reaction - correct answer ✔✔related to Labeling theory
-reactions from parents, peers, teachers, or others
