Juvenile Delinquency Midterm| 50 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

The combination of mineral and animal wealth the Anglos found on the annexed Mexican lands, plus Mexican laborers that Anglo businessmen recruited to extract it, provided the underpinnings of 20th century Western prosperity. That combination made possible the vast expansion of our country's electrical (e.g. cooper,) cattle, sheep, mining and railroad industries. True or False correct answer: False Researchers indicates that the daily stress of modern life has little significant impact on American youth as they progress their teenage years correct answer: False Mechanisms to care for children who are destitute or orphaned have only been existence for approximately 150 years correct answer: False Some states grant the juvenile court judge discretion to substitute a status offense for a delinquency charge correct answer: True The courts have struck down most juvenile curfew laws as unconstitutional correct answer: False As soon as they were physically able to do so, children of peasants were expected to engage in adult roles correct answer: True The chances of ab adolescent with weak academic skills and living in poverty obtaining a college degree is close to 10% correct answer: False Fewer children are born today with health risks s compared to 1990 correct answer: True Physical distance is still a barrier to the frequency of harm perpetrated by a bully on his or her victim correct answer: False Minors apprehended for a criminal act are charged with the crime and then adjudicated delinquent correct answer: False During the Middle Ages high infant mortality rates kept parents from emotionally bonding with their children correct answer: False As an adolescent, Many is undergoing dramatic charges in her height, weight and sexual characteristics; these changes are occurring at a rate much faster than she will ever again experience in her lifetime. Through what type of change is Mandy going? a. Biological b. Educational c. Psychological d. Spiritual correct answer: a.