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Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society MCQ

Large families may suffer from _______________________ when resources are spread too thin.

Resource dilution.

Stanford v. Kentucky

Goss v. Lopez

Fare v. michael c.

Answer

Correct Answer: Resource dilution.

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According to _________________, female delinquency is linked to the wish for luxury and excitement.

W.I.Thomas

Cyril Burt

Lombroso

Healy and Bronner

Answer

Correct Answer: W.I.Thomas

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_____ is acts that are considered problematic because of the age of the person carrying them out (e.g., truancy and curfew violations); acts that are not considered crimes and for which adults cannot get in trouble, but that society does not want juveniles doing.

None of these

Psychology

Epistemology

Status offenses

Answer

Correct Answer: Status offenses

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Is social inequality unequal distribution of resources, services, and positions?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the process by which we define, describe, and distinguish people based on different categories.

Social differentiation

All of these

Operant conditioning

Transitional learning

Answer

Correct Answer: Social differentiation

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_____ is defined as popular ideas about delinquency that are created and influenced by social, political, and economic factors and that change over time.

None of these

Continuum Therapy

Family Integrated Transitions

Social constructionist conception of delinquency

Answer

Correct Answer: Social constructionist conception of delinquency

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_____ is a conception that assumes that there is a general set of norms of behavior, conduct, and conditions with which we can agree.

Normative conception of delinquency

With other families

All of these

In reform schools

Answer

Correct Answer: Normative conception of delinquency

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Is mores “Moral” norms that may generate more outrage if broken?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the strongest norms because they are backed by official sanctions (or formal responses).

Laws

All of these

Lex talionis

Parens patriae

Answer

Correct Answer: Laws

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_____ is defined as sexism that occurs when individuals are disadvantaged because of their sex or gender because of the routine workings of social institutions.

Institutional sexism

None of these

Sibling dysfunction

Poor school performance

Answer

Correct Answer: Institutional sexism

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_____ is racism that occurs when individuals are disadvantaged because of their race because of the routine workings of social institutions.

Acts of delinquency

None of these

Institutional racism

Deviant behavior

Answer

Correct Answer: Institutional racism

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Is institutional classism classism that occurs when individuals are disadvantaged or oppressed because of their class because of the routine workings of social institutions?

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as prejudice or discrimination based solely on someone’s sex.

Individual sexism

None of these

Their focus on drug use and attitudes

Their focus on sexual habits and attitudes

Answer

Correct Answer: Individual sexism

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_____ is defined as the belief in the inferiority of certain racial or ethnic groups, often accompanied by discrimination.

Individual racism

First Steps

Early Head Start

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Individual racism

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_____ is prejudice or discrimination based solely on someone’s class.

Justice Initiated Response Teams

All of these

Youth Response Teams

Individual classism

Answer

Correct Answer: Individual classism

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Is folkways everyday norms that do not generate much uproar if they are violated?

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a conception that critiques the existing social system that creates norms of oppression.

Critical conception of delinquency

Consent decree

Referendum

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Critical conception of delinquency

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_____ is defined as a category that an individual is born into and cannot change.

List of duties

Ascribed category

Policy of acceptance

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Ascribed category

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_____ is a flexible category that individuals may be able to move in and out of.

All of these

Stagnation

Achieved category

Checks and balances

Answer

Correct Answer: Achieved category

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Institutional racism, classism, and sexism do not have an impact on the juvenile experience.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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A category where people are born into and cannot change is called a(n) ______.

Achieved category

Ascribed category

Assimilated category

Solid category

Answer

Correct Answer: Ascribed category

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The percentage of children living in poverty has decreased in the last decade.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Under the social constructivist conception of delinquency, delinquency is established by those in power to maintain or enhance their power.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Folkways are backed up by sanctions.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Which conception of delinquency is based upon the idea that those in power may oppress?

Normative

Social constructivist

Critical

Functionalist

Answer

Correct Answer: Critical

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Which conception of delinquency is based upon a general set of norms of which we all agree?

Normative

Social constructivist

Critical

Functionalist

Answer

Correct Answer: Normative

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Drinking alcohol and staying out past curfew are examples of what type of offense if committed by a juvenile?

Criminal

Status

Delinquent

Adult

Answer

Correct Answer: Status

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Delinquency can be easily defined.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: False

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Juveniles were seen as a cheap source of labor prior to the late 1800s.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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