Exam 13: Delinquency Prevention, Assessment, and Early Intervention

Which of the following is NOT one of the three risks factors associated with the development of early antisocial behavior in children and targeted by the nurse visitation program?

_________________ is a statistical technique that estimates the effects found across evaluation studies of intervention methods and strategies.

Functional Family Therapy and Multisystemic Therapy are family-based interventions that have proven to be effective in reducing delinquency.

Which of the following is NOT a protective or resiliency factor identified through research?

Research shows that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder (CD) tend to:

Differential association theory examines social bonds over the life course, and explores how informal social controls in adulthood prohibit crime.

Oppositional defiant disorders are the externalizing behaviors most closely associated with delinquency.

Travis Hirschi's _____________ theory explains conformity in terms of four elements of the social bond: attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief.

Any individual characteristic, social influence, or environmental characteristic that increases the likelihood of problem behaviors is referred to as a:

Which of the following is NOT an empirically verified risk factor at the family level?

Early intervention occurs in which of the following service sectors?

Social bond theory contends that structural characteristics of communities disrupt community social organization and contribute to high rates of delinquency.

Delinquency prevention programs focus on dynamic risk factors because of their potential for change.

Externalizing disorders are characterized by mood problems, such as depression, or by behavior featuring anxiety and social withdrawal.

Which of the following is NOT a diagnosis that represents externalizing problem behaviors?

Sampson and Laub's ______________ theory explores how informal social controls in adulthood involve obligations and restraints that are attached to particular roles, such as marriage and work, and that prohibit crime.

_____________ prevention programs target youth or groups of youth who are ""at risk"" due to multiple risk factors in their lives.

Which of the following disorders is associated with impaired executive functions (resulting in poor self-regulation of impulses and behaviors) and autonomic system underarousal (resulting in stimulation-seeking behavior)?

Research has consistently identified a number of risk factors that increase the likelihood of problem behaviors and negative developmental outcomes.

_____________ involves systematic methods of appraisal and evaluation that are used to identify and classify antisocial and disruptive behaviors, and then inform intervention.