Deck 9: Schools and Delinquency

Question 1

School is a primary institution of _____.

A) socialization
B) institutionalization
C) evolution
D) revolution

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which students are most likely to drop out of school or turn to delinquency?

A) the impoverished
B) those who are less mature than their peers
C) those who are in poor physical or mental health
D) all of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Young high school dropouts are nearly _____ as likely as high school graduates to be incarcerated.

A) 10 times
B) 5 times
C) half
D) twice

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which is a goal of schools?

A) vocational
B) civic
C) academic
D) all of the above

Question 5

Why might a school be unable to maintain adequate educational quality and student discipline?

A) similarities between parental and school norms
B) integration
C) inappropriate curricula and instruction
D) all of the above

Question 6

Which may alienate students from their schools?

A) emphasis on athletics
B) moderate academic success
C) differences in norms
D) high teacher expectations

Question 7

According to Gracey, what is the purpose of kindergarten?

A) to teach children how to write numbers and letters
B) to establish the patterns of behavior that make learning possible
C) to decrease potential delinquency
D) all of the above

Question 8

Some experts now believe that this activity before kindergarten improves a child's chances of doing well in public school and avoiding delinquency.

A) having a private tutor
B) attending preschool
C) playing games
D) all of the above

Question 9

Which is not a controversial method that schools use to control students?

A) zero-tolerance policies
B) school uniforms
C) corporal punishment
D) strict schedules

Question 10

This is the infliction of physical harm on a person who has broken a rule or committed an offense.

A) school bonding
B) bullying
C) juvenile delinquency
D) corporal punishment

Question 11

Where are middle- and high-school students more likely to be victims of minor crime?

A) at home
B) on the street
C) with their peers
D) at school

Question 12

Making it difficult for students to access a school after-hours and better monitoring of the property is called _____.

A) target-hardening
B) target tolerance
C) zero tolerance
D) bullying

Question 13

What is the connection that students have to their schools, their lives there, and their academic work?

A) school spirit
B) target-hardening
C) zero tolerance
D) school bonding

Question 14

Experts say _____ bullying isn't as common as _____ bullying.

A) sports; school
B) psychological; physical
C) school; sports
D) physical; psychological

Question 15

GED is a trademarked acronym that refers to this.

A) General Education Degree
B) Good Enough Diploma
C) General Equivalency Diploma
D) General Educational Development

Question 16

What is one of the pressures of teaching school?

A) standardization and regimentation
B) standardized testing
C) limited teacher authority
D) all of the above

Question 17

How often are youths seriously harmed at school?

A) rarely
B) often
C) sometimes
D) never

Question 18

School shootings are a(n) _____ aspect of delinquency.

A) typical
B) atypical
C) likely
D) serious

Question 19

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, youths who aren't in school are more likely to do this.

A) get into fights
B) use drugs
C) smoke cigarettes
D) all of the above

Question 20

Who murders most children?

A) their peers
B) their siblings
C) adults
D) their schoolmates

Question 21

This is the victimization of youths by their peers.

A) bonding
B) bullying
C) branding
D) none of the above

Question 22

In Norway, this program established classroom rules governing acceptable behavior, teacher-development groups, and counseling for bullies, victims, and parents.

A) Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
B) Norwegian Bullying Prevention Program
C) Abecedarian Bullying Prevention Program
D) No Child Left Behind

Question 23

How is bullying related to delinquency?

A) It rarely influences the victim and/or the bully to become delinquent.
B) It often includes actual criminal offenses.
C) Bullies have criminal records.
D) all of the above

Question 24

Any small, exclusive group of people that controls how and if others may join.

A) click
B) clique
C) cluck
D) clock

Question 25

Which is a way that youngsters bully others and try to establish social dominance?

A) name-calling
B) physical dominance
C) assault
D) all of the above

Question 26

Which is an important factor in the "school-to-prison" pipeline?

A) suspension and expulsion from school
B) dropping out of school
C) academic failure
D) all of the above

Question 27

Which is an example of primary deviance as related to school performance?

A) Kids who give up on their educations because they think that they aren't cut out for school.
B) Kids who are placed in a classroom with other students who aren't expected to succeed.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 28

Which is an example of secondary deviance as related to school performance?

A) Kids who give up on their educations because they think that they aren't cut out for school.
B) Kids who are placed in a classroom with other students who aren't expected to succeed.
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Question 29

Which one isn't a reason that some teens drop out of school?

A) academic failure
B) unmet special needs
C) cultural issues
D) curiosity

Question 30

A formal or informal group or organization that demands undivided loyalty from its members.

A) total institution
B) mental institution
C) greedy institution
D) social institution

Question 31

Teenagers who drop out of school face two problems connected to delinquency. The first involves getting enough money to buy what they want. What is the second?

A) finding a place to live
B) getting a job
C) knowing what books to read
D) knowing what to do with their time

Question 32

At which crucial point in the life course are people best able to learn?

A) infancy
B) early adulthood
C) middle age
D) childhood and early adolescence

Question 33

This is a type of study or survey in which the same subjects are observed over a usually long period of time.

A) self-study
B) longitudinal study
C) latitudinal study
D) historical survey

Question 34

Youths who are getting too old for the juvenile justice system are _____.

A) aging out
B) age-appropriate
C) aging in
D) all of the above

Question 35

Which represents one of the least pressing juvenile delinquency issues?

A) status offenses
B) school shootings
C) gangs
D) drug and alcohol use

Question 36

High school dropouts are more likely to be arrested than high school graduates.

Question 37

Schools are mainly under local control.

Question 38

The school is both the victim of and creator of the atmosphere that allows or encourages young people to engage in antisocial behavior and delinquency.

Question 39

Delinquency often consists of spontaneous acts committed against vulnerable targets.

Question 40

Students who are more attached to their schools have self-esteem and grades similar to those who are not attached to their schools.

Question 41

Students are rarely seriously harmed at school.

Question 42

Most children who are murdered die at the hands of adults, not other children.

Question 43

Until very recently, bullying was considered a normal part of growing up and the way that youngsters establish social hierarchy.

Question 44

A clique's initiation is usually formal and is always severe.

Question 45

Students who have trouble in school can experience primary deviance.

Question 46

Few incarcerated juveniles have learning disabilities or emotional problems that affect their education.

Question 47

According to David Brown of the National Youth Employment Coalition, low-skill jobs don't prevent youngsters from becoming juvenile delinquents.

Question 48

Juvenile delinquents are just as likely to miss getting an education as non-delinquent kids.

Question 49

A good education program can reduce delinquent recidivism rates.

Question 50

The amount of time that youths spend in school affects their chances of committing delinquent acts on school property.