Exam 8: Peers and Delinquency: Juvenile Gangs and Groups

Those who fail to meet expected levels of school achievement are _________ and are among the most likely to be delinquent.

A school-based prevention program that trains students in techniques to resist peer pressure is utilizing ____________________ strategies.

According to the text,schools with fewer behavioral problems in the student body are characterized by:

Police need _________________ before they can conduct a search,but educators can legally search students when there are reasonable grounds to believe the students have violated the law or broken school rules.

Identify and discuss the three causes of school crime as presented in the text.

One significant problem is that students with learning disabilities are much more likely to be disciplined,setting them out on what is called the school-to-_________________ pipeline.​

Only 9 percent of the chronic offenders in Wolfgang's Philadelphia cohort study graduated from high school,compared to 74 percent of nonoffenders.

According to the text,over 50 percent of students are bullied in school.

According to the text,what is known about bullying?

What statement with regard to schools is false?

Many schools have adopted a ___________________ policy that mandates predetermined punishments for specific offenses.

Cohen contends that delinquency among lower class youths is a result of their poor preparation and socialization to function in schools.According to Cohen they essentially failed to live up to:

A 1974 federal law,the ______________________________,restricts disclosure of information from a student's education records without parental consent.

Researchers find that school failure is a stronger predictor of delinquency than variables such as economic class,race/ethnic background,or peer-group relations.

The U.S.Supreme Court has sought to balance the civil liberties of students with student safety.Three of the main areas in which the Supreme Court focuses on are (1)free speech,(2)school discipline,and  (3)_________________.

Under the concept ______________________,discipline is one of the parental duties given to the school system.​

Which statement is false with regard to minority students in school?

In what case did the Supreme Court rule that search measures used by school officials to root out contraband must be "reasonably related to the objectives of the search and not excessively intrusive in light of the age and sex of the student and the nature of the infraction"? 

It is possible that school-based crimes have a " ____________________";that is,striking back against a weaker victim is a method of regaining lost possessions or self-respect.

Which of the following is not a correlate of school failure according to the text?