Exam 5: Correlates and Causes of Delinquency

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention(OJJDP) has developed a number of truancy and dropout prevention programs. Which one of the following is not one of those programs?

Inconsistent parental discipline and limited supervision actually have been shown to have little effect on prediction of delinquent behavior.

Attachment to others refers to the affection and respect that children have for parents and friends.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionOJJDP) has funded which programs of research on the causes and correlates of delinquency?

What are some of the reasons delinquency rates are related to the number of children in a family?

The effects of the single-parent family appear to be experienced more __________ in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

What are some of the signs that "parental" disengagement exists in a family?

Abuse refers to:

In what year did the U.S Congress pass the Child Abuse Prevention Act and established the National Center on Child abuse?

Parental involvement in their children's lives is perhaps the most important factor in their healthy psychological development.

What are the most important factors associated with students dropping out of school?

Child abuse and neglect refer to physical abuse and failure to care properly for children's development and emotional well-being.

Elliott(1985) suggested that treatment approaches that use adolescent peer group processes may actually have the unintended effect of contributing to closer delinquent friendships.

Research results indicate that early family/parent training programs ________child behavior problems, including antisocial behavior and delinquency.

Theft is the most frequently occurring crime in schools.

School truancy is considered to be the first step to lifetime problems and is associated with substance abuse and gang involvement.

According to what theory does delinquency result from the frustrations of school experiences?

To reduce delinquency among adolescents, parents and communities should strengthen the balance between ________ and ____________.

List the characteristics/purpose of the three types of gangs identified by(Huff).

Factors such as school experiences, peer relations, and family experiences are called correlates rather than causes of delinquency because every young person experiences them in varying degrees in the process of growing up.