Exam 10: Schools and Delinquency
Schools experiencing crime and drug abuse are most likely to be found in _____ neighborhoods.
Socially disorganized
Discuss security measures utilized by schools.Do you think these efforts are adequate or should schools increase their security measures? Explain.
-Access control. Most schools control access to school buildings by locking or monitoring doors. About one-third of schools control access to school grounds with locked or monitored gates.
-Lighting. Some administrators keep buildings dark at night, believing that brightly illuminated schools give the buildings too high a profile and attract vandals who might have not bothered with the facility, or even noticed it, if the premises were not illuminated.
-Picture IDs. Many schools require faculty or staff to wear picture IDs; a few require students to wear similar identification.
-Book bags. Some schools require transparent book bags or ban book bags altogether.
-Random checks. Some schools use random metal detector checks, random dog sniffs, and random sweeps for contraband.
-Security cameras. About half of all schools use one or more security cameras to monitor the school.
Repeated, negative acts committed by one or more children against another is defined as
_____.
Bullying
Researchers commonly find that _____ is a stronger predictor of delinquency than such personal variables as economic class membership or peer group relations.
According to the text, it is now estimated that one out of _____ children are unprepared when they enter kindergarten.
In regard to drug testing of student athletes, the only consequence of a failed drug test is to limit the student's privilege of participating in extracurricular activities.
In , _____, the court extended the right of school officials to censor "active speech" when it ruled that the principal could censor articles in a student publication.
Research shows that the _____ is one of the most important predictors of campus crime and violence.
As the school is the "basic conduit through which the community and adult influences enter into the lives of adolescents", the school has become the primary instrument of _____.
Under the concept of _____, discipline is one of the assumed parental duties given to the school system.
The norms of the peer culture are often at odds with those of adult society, and a _____ with a distinct social system develops.
Surveys indicate that _____ percent of teachers have been victims of crimes in schools.
The most important Supreme Court case concerning a student's right to passive speech was the 1969 case of ______.
Discuss why youth drop out of school.Would you agree or disagree with the authors' reasons? Explain.
_____ is a youth leadership program that provides young people with an opportunity to learn techniques and cultural/historical significance of West African traditional, Afro- Cuban, and Afro-Brazilian drumming.
Discuss Safford v.Redding (2009).Do you agree with the majority or with Justice Thomas? Explain.
Discuss Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) OR Hazelwood School District v.Kuhlmeier (1988).Do you agree or disagree with the holding of the court in these court cases? Explain.
Discuss socialization and status as they relate to a student's educational experience.
In ____ the Supreme Court upheld the school's right to use corporal punishment.
Those who fail to meet expected levels of school achievement are referred to as _____.
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