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Peers and Gangs in Context MCQ

_____ is defined as a perspective that characterizes youth gangs as the result of a formation of a peer group that actively opposes middle-class mainstream norms of nonviolent behavior through the creation of a hypermasculine, aggressive subculture.

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Correct Answer: Subculture of violence theory

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_____ is when youth bond with others who share a common background and become part of a subcultural group in which they develop and share their own values.

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Correct Answer: Street socialization

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Is socialization hypothesis of delinquency the hypothesis about delinquency that states that youth who socialize with friends who are highly delinquent will be more apt to be delinquent themselves?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the use of cell phones or other electronic devices to send or receive sexually suggestive messages.

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Correct Answer: Sexting

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_____ is defined as a theory that states that gang involvement results because youth have too much free time on their hands and opportunities to join a gang.

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Correct Answer: Routine activities theory

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_____ is the avoidance of friendships that is actively pursued by some youth to protect themselves from violence.

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Correct Answer: Relational isolation

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Is opportunity hypothesis of delinquency the hypothesis that the most important factor that influences youth to engage in delinquency is not necessarily having friends who are highly delinquent, but is, instead, the amount of time that youth spend with their friends away from parents, teachers, and other social control agents?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is defined as vigil’s theory that links the many ways that youth are marginalized in society (ranging from the macro level to the individual level) to their eventual involvement in a gang.

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Correct Answer: Multiple marginality theory

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_____ is a type of female gang that has both boys and girls in its ranks.

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Correct Answer: Mixed-gender gang

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Is gang suppression attempts to crack down on gang delinquency by using law enforcement powers to arrest and incarcerate youth?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as efforts to provide resources to help youth who were incarcerated for gang delinquency find jobs, shelter, and help with schooling.

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Correct Answer: Gang reentry

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_____ is defined as concerted efforts to stop the formation of gangs and the involvement of youth in existing gangs.

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Correct Answer: Gang prevention

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_____ is efforts to get youth out of gangs once they are already involved in them.

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Correct Answer: Gang intervention

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Is civil gang injunction a court-issued restraining order prohibiting members of enjoined criminal street gangs from activities that can be defined as public nuisances?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a type of female gang that works together with a male gang.

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Correct Answer: Auxiliary gang

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_____ is defined as a type of female gang that exists on its own with no attachment to male gangs.

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Correct Answer: Autonomous gang

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Studies have demonstrated that the gender of a youth’s friends is an important factor to consider.

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Correct Answer: True

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Traditionally, gangs have formed in cities where recent immigrants have settled.

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Correct Answer: True

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Girls often internalize the rules and act upon them.

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Correct Answer: True

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______ theory sees youth gangs as the result of youth having free time on their hands, and spending time in a location in which gang activity is an option.

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Correct Answer: Routine activities

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______ is providing resources to help youth who were incarcerated for gang delinquency find jobs, shelter, and help with schooling.

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Correct Answer: Reentry

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Most youth will ______ of gang involvement and delinquency.

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Correct Answer: Age out

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Aggressive anti-gang tactics often stop gang activity.

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Correct Answer: False

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Neither the socialization hypothesis nor the opportunity theory are supported through research.

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Correct Answer: False

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______ is using cell phones to send or receive sexually suggestive messages.

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Correct Answer: Sexting

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The ______ suggests that youth who socialize with friends who are highly delinquent will be more apt to be delinquent themselves.

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Correct Answer: Socialization hypothesis

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