Chat with AIExam 2: The Nature and Extent of Delinquency
The concept of the chronic career offender is most closely associated with the research efforts of _____.
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Discuss the juvenile arrest trends presented in the text. Do you feel this information is
different or the same as presented in the media? Why or why not?
(36) Verified-The latest data available tells us that about 13.6 million arrests are now being made each year, or about 4,500 per 100,000 population. Of these, more than 2.3 million were for serious Part I crimes and 11 million for less serious Part II crimes.
-Juveniles were responsible for about 15 percent of the Part I violent crime arrests and about 24 percent of the property crime arrests.
-Because kids ages 14 to 17 who account for almost all underage arrests constitute only about 6 percent of the population, these data show that teens account for a significantly disproportionate share of all arrests.
-About 1.1 million juvenile arrests were made in 2009 for Part II offenses which includes status type offenses.
-Recent trends in the juvenile delinquency mirror the overall crime rate: the juvenile arrest rate began to climb in the 1980s, peaked during the mid-1990s, and then began to fall; it has since been in decline.
-Even the teen murder rate, which had remained stubbornly high, has undergone a decline during the past few years. Overall the number of arrests for juvenile violent crime declined by 15 percent in the past decade and serious property crime arrests by 20 percent.
-In all, about 68,000 youth 18 and under are being arrested for violent crimes and 334,000 for property crimes.
-Despite a continuing barrage covering the havoc caused by violent youth gangs roaming the streets, arrests of juveniles actually decreased about 9 percent in a single year alone.
In a controversial work, John J.Donohue III and Steven Levitt argue that the recent drop in
the crime rate can be attributable to the _____.
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Some experts tie increases in the violent delinquency rate between 1980 and 1990 to the _____.
(29) ___________________ and _____________________ are two factors that stand out as encouraging recidivism.
(33) Approximately _____ percent of physically assaulted or abused adolescents reported lifetime substance abuse or dependence.
(28) _____ refers to the idea that chronic juvenile offenders are likely to continue violating the law as adult.
(32) When looking at race and delinquency, most violent crimes are interracial.
(43) What does the research tell us about the relationship between juvenile delinquency and race?
(30) The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is being developed y the _____.
(28) Explain what the research tells us about the relationship between aging out and delinquency.What are your views on age and delinquency?
(36) Young girls are much more likely to be the victim of _____.
(36) According to the text, a sudden increase in _____ may be a harbinger of future increase in the rate of delinquency.
(34) Native American adolescents have the highest rate for _______ victimization.
(36) The concept of the chronic offender is most closely associated with the research efforts of Mark Lipsey.
(34) Describe some of the strengths and weaknesses of the UCR and the NCVS.How are they reliable indicators of crime? Which do you believe to provide the most valuable information, why?
(41) According the text, teens were more than _____ times as likely to become victims than their grandparents.
(32) Juvenile violent crime arrests typically peak at age _____.
(39) One study found that while girls are generally more willing to report drug use than boys and that _____ girls tend to underreport substance abuse.
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