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 Which form of research asks participants to tell researchers what offenses they’ve committed? (Points : 2)        Self-report studies
       UCR data collection
       Victimization surveys
       None of the above

Question 2.2. The best-known method for reporting crime in the United States is __________. (Points : 2)        academic research
       the Uniform Crime Reports
       victimization studies
       the National Crime Reporting System

Question 3.3. Gender is an __________ status. (Points : 2)        allowed
       ascribed
       achieved
       allotted

Question 4.4. Some scholars have argued that most delinquency is committed by __________. (Points : 2)        gang members
       students
       athletes
       drug users

Question 5.5. What is a juvenile who has broken the law? (Points : 2)        A criminal
       A youthful offender
       A child convict
       A juvenile delinquent

Question 6.6. For recording purposes, the UCR considers all people under age __________ as juveniles regardless of state definitions. (Points : 2)        12
       16
       18
       21

Question 7.7. What is the framework of rules and customs that a society collectively applies to the individuals within it to maintain order? (Points : 2)        Sociological imagination
       Social control
       Patriarchy
       Laws

Question 8.8. Before the juvenile court, children and adolescents were treated much like __________. (Points : 2)        adult offenders
       juvenile delinquents
       orphans
       convicted offenders

Question 9.9. What is the process by which people learn the norms, values, and culture of their society? (Points : 2)        Socialism
       Adjudication
       Education
       Socialization

Question 10.10. How does the juvenile justice system differ from the criminal justice system? (Points : 2)        Philosophy
       Process
       Organizational structure
       All of the above

Question 11.11. Which is not a reason that youths of past generations assumed adult responsibilities sooner than youths do today? (Points : 2)        Longevity
       Cultural pressure
       More jobs
       Economic pressure

Question 12.12. About when did several social reform movements arise in an attempt to improve social conditions for children? (Points : 2)        From the late 19th century to the early 20th century
       Mid-20th century
       18th century
       Late 20th century

Question 13.13. Homework help – Discuss the problems associated with the National Crime Victimization Survey.  Do you think this is a valid survey, why or why not? 
 
(Points : 5)      
      
Question 14.14. Akers and Sellers conclude that the __________ of punishment is the most powerful aspect of deterrence theory. (Points : 2)        severity
       swiftness
       certainty
       all of the above

Question 15.15. This thinker reasoned that deterrence theory is a major part of the way that society should respond to crime. (Points : 2)        Beccaria
       Pfohl
       Freud
       Bentham

Question 16.16. When was classical criminology developed? (Points : 2)        In the 20th century
       During the Renaissance
       During the Enlightenment
       During the Middle Ages

Question 17.17. As a social institution, religion continues to influence social control in the United States. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 18.18. One theory can completely explain all the issues that are important to the study of juvenile delinquency. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 19.19. Positivist studies don’t consider the effect of family life on youths. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 20.20. This Supreme Court case upheld the right of states to sterilize those determined to be mentally incompetent. (Points : 2)        In re Gault

       Brown v. Board of Education

       Chuck v. Bell

       Ex parte Crouse

Question 21.21. According to Piaget, children learn through two primary processes: __________ and __________. (Points : 2)        Assimilation; imagination
       Osmosis; accommodation
       Assimilation; accommodation
       Evaluation; graduation

Question 22.22. Chemicals that transmit information between neurons are called __________. (Points : 2)        neurotransmitters
       chromosomes
       genes
       hormones

Question 23.23. Separating the influences of genetics and environment on criminal behavior is difficult. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 24.24. Research concerning moral development has been done primarily on males. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 25.25. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory has been found to be accurate in distinguishing offenders from non-offenders. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 26.26. Briefly summarize the first biological theories of crime. (Points : 5)      
      
Question 27.27. A form of conditioning based on learning from the positive or negative consequences of an action is: (Points : 2)        actual conditioning.
       primary conditioning.
       operant conditioning.
       secondary conditioning.

Question 28.28. Which is not one of Merton’s five modes of adaptation? (Points : 2)        Innovation
       Conformity
       Novelty
       Rebellion

Question 29.29. This is personal anxiety or isolation produced by rapidly shifting moral values. (Points : 2)        Anomie
       Depression
       Denial
       Immorality

Question 30.30. According to Miller, delinquent youths intend only to engage in the adult behaviors of their class, and law violations are but an indirect result. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 31.31. Although some delinquents break the law, their behavior is contrary to their personal value systems. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 32.32. Not all youths turn to delinquency because they have delinquent friends. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 33.33. According to Bonger, for which two reasons are impoverished people living in a capitalist state stimulated to break the law? (Points : 2)        In order to survive and because the bourgeoisie own the means of production
       Because workers are exploited and because wealth is how people are judged
       Because workers are exploited and because the bourgeoisie own the means of production
       In order to survive and because wealth is how people are judged

Question 34.34. Critical theories are also called which of the following? (Points : 2)        Marxist
       Conflict
       Radical
       All of the above

Question 35.35. Elliott argues that middle-class delinquents, in the pursuit of their goals, suffer from this. (Points : 2)        Delinquent peers
       Strain
       Racism
       Sexism

Question 36.36. According to Tittle’s control balance theory, the optimum condition is when others have more control over us than we have over them. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 37.37. Critical theories of crime and delinquency don’t distinguish between “bad people” (offenders) and “good people” (citizens). (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 38.38. Critics of Marxist criminology believe that it romanticizes offenders. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 39.39. State the focus of left realism as it relates to Marxism. (Points : 5)      
      
Question 40.40. __________ determines sex. __________ determines gender. (Points : 2)        Society; Biology
       Biology; Society
       Biology; Labeling
       Labeling; Society

Question 41.41. Which can put girls in contact with the juvenile justice system? (Points : 2)        Economic marginality
       Association with a gang
       Drug and alcohol use
       All of the above

Question 42.42. This perspective would wipe out many of the patriarchal structures that put women at such a disadvantage in obtaining positions of power and in controlling their own destinies. (Points : 2)        Liberal feminism
       Socialist feminism
       First-wave feminism
       Radical feminism

Question 43.43. Because the juvenile justice system handles so many fewer girls than boys, the system has more alternatives for processing and sentencing girls. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 44.44. Feminist scholars have found that females’ pathways to crime and delinquency are often very different than for males. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 45.45. Female delinquency has long been considered a serious social problem. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 46.46. Why is the family significant to our study of delinquency? (Points : 2)        Because it’s a buffer against the influences that propel young people toward antisocial behavior
       Because it’s a source of antisocial behavior
       Both a and b
       Neither a nor b

Question 47.47. Which is one of the most prominent risk factors for delinquency? (Points : 2)        Large family size
       Passable parental supervision
       Parental discipline
       Family cohesion

Question 48.48. According to criminologist Harvey Wallace, “__________ is the negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by a parent or caretaker under circumstances indicating harm or threatened harm to the child’s health or welfare.” (Points : 2)        gross negligence
       juvenile delinquency
       child neglect
       child abuse

Question 49.49. Strangers are the most frequent physical abusers of children. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 50.50. Family conflict can also teach child impulsivity. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 51.51. Child abuse is spontaneous most of the time. (Points : 2)        True 
       False 

Question 52.52. Homework help – Discuss some reasons the juvenile justice system treats females differently than males. (Points : 5)      
      

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