Exam 5: Correlates and Causes of Delinquency

Experts were finally able to agree on an exact definition of a "gang" in 2008.

Neglect refers to:

The term "parental rejection" means:

Single fathers are becoming the fastest growing family norm and account for about 30% of all single-parent families.

The risk of assault, physical injury and even murder is _________ in the home.

Who originated the term "battered child syndrome"?

Broken home refers to:

Most delinquency is committed by youth who are gang members living in large communities.

The term "parental rejection" refers to parents who reject their child and remove them from their home with the aid of the juvenile justice system.

Though there is a relationship between family problems and delinquency we cannot say:

Travis Hirschi believe that youth who have a closer bond to their parents and prosocial peers are less likely to…

Brown(2004) reported that levels of delinquency were greatest among adolescents living in single-father families.

What are characteristics or "risk factors" associated with gang membership?

Programs targeted solely at substance abuse prevention may have little effect on delinquency rates because drug use is a symptom and not a cause of delinquency.

Why are public schools, especially middle schools, among the best resources for preventing and intervening early youth gang problems?

What percentage of students(ages 12-18) reported that they had been bullied at school in the last 6 months, according to the School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey?

The level of communication and quality of parent-child relations is important in youths' prosocial development and avoidance of drugs and delinquency.

The quality of the parent-child relationship has been shown to be more important than the family structure in the home.

The formation of gangs is an extension of adolescent peer groups.

The family is the most important source of socialization in a child's life.