Deck 4: The Extent of Offenses

Question 1

The term incidence refers to the proportion of youth involved in delinquent acts.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Delinquent offenses are evenly distributed in place and time.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

UCR arrest data suggest that juvenile violent crime is a much greater problem in urban than in rural areas.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The National Incident-Based Reporting System indicates that violent crime by juveniles peaks in the after-school hours on school days.

Question 5

__________ refers to the proportion of youth involved in delinquent acts.

A) Aggregate data
B) Incidence
C) Prevalence
D) Relative frequency

Question 6

__________ is a measure of the frequency of offending - the average number of delinquent offenses committed by adolescents in general, or by delinquent youth.

A) Aggregate data
B) Incidence
C) Prevalence
D) Relative frequency

Question 7

The Monitoring the Future annual survey indicates that almost __________ percent of high school seniors report alcohol consumption in the last 30 days.

A) 20
B) 40
C) 60
D) 80

Question 8

Which of the following statements about juvenile arrest rates is false?

A) The juvenile arrest rate for all UCR crimes (Part I and Part II offenses combined) is substantially higher than the adult arrest rate.
B) The juvenile arrest rate for Part I property crimes is significantly higher than the adult arrest rate.
C) The juvenile arrest rate for Part I violent crimes is higher than the adult arrest rate.
D) The juvenile arrest rate for Part II crimes is lower than the adult arrest rate.

Question 9

Self-report data on the relative frequency of different types of offenses indicate that:

A) a sizable portion of youth report involvement in minor forms of delinquency.
B) relatively few youths report involvement in serious forms of delinquency.
C) the most common form of illegal activity for youth is alcohol and marijuana use.
D) All of the above.

Question 10

For which of the following offenses do juveniles account for the highest proportion of arrests?

A) Arson
B) Aggravated assault
C) Larceny-theft
D) Murder

Question 11

Juvenile Court Statistics indicates that the largest proportion of all delinquency cases in juvenile court are:

A) drug law violations.
B) property offenses.
C) person offenses.
D) public order offenses.

Question 12

According to self-report data, which of the following statements about trends in delinquent offenses is false?

A) serious fighting has continued to escalate in the last 25 years.
B) minor theft (something worth less than $50) shows a downward trend in the last 25 years.
C) there has been a significant increase in the percentage of high school seniors reporting that they have been arrested since 1993.
D) drug use among high school seniors has increased dramatically in the last 25 years.
E) All of the above.

Question 13

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Marijuana use in the last 30 days among high school seniors has increased since 2007.
B) Alcohol use in the last 30 days among high school seniors has increased over the last 25 years.
C) Prescription drug use in the last 30 days among high school seniors has increased steadily in the last 8 years.
D) All of the above.

Question 14

Official data on trends in delinquency indicate that:

A) the juvenile arrest rate for Violent Index crimes increased in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
B) the juvenile arrest rate for Property Index crimes declined dramatically from 1980 to the mid-1990s.
C) the juvenile arrest rate for Property Index crimes has increased since the mid-1990s.
D) All of the above.

Question 15

Self-report data on the spatial distribution of delinquency indicate that:

A) suburban youth are more likely than urban and rural youth to be involved in delinquency.
B) urban youth are more likely than suburban and rural youth to be involved in delinquency.
C) rural youth are more likely than urban and suburban youth to be involved in delinquency.
D) there are no differences across place in the likelihood of involvement in delinquency.

Question 16

Self-report surveys are good indicators of trends in less serious juvenile crime.

Question 17

Self-report data show that a higher percentage of urban youth report involvement in delinquency, compared to suburban and rural youth.

Question 18

Self-report data lead to the clear conclusion that a substantial portion of adolescents report involvement in delinquent acts, but relatively few indicate that their involvement is frequent or repetitive.

Question 19

The extent of juvenile crime, as represented in the Uniform Crime Reports, is based on convictions.

Question 20

Most juvenile crime is unrecorded in the Uniform Crime Reports.

Question 21

For juveniles, the arrest rate is stated in terms of the number of arrests per 100,000 juveniles.

Question 22

Both arrest data and juvenile court data provide accurate estimates of the extent of juvenile delinquency.

Question 23

Juvenile arrest rates are higher for property crimes than for violent crimes.

Question 24

Petitioned status offense cases in juvenile court provide a reasonable estimate of the volume of and trends in status offending in the U.S.

Question 25

For most youth, delinquency is a frequent, regular activity.

Question 26

Both UCR data and Juvenile Court Statistics indicate that violent delinquency is the most frequently occurring category of delinquency.

Question 27

For violent crimes, the largest portion of arrests involving juveniles is for aggravated assault.

Question 28

UCR data reveal that juvenile arrest rates for violent and property crimes have increased steadily since the mid-1990s.

Question 29

There is a growing tendency for police to make referrals to the juvenile court, rather than to deal with juveniles informally through some type of warn-and-release process.

Question 30

Juvenile arrests for violent crimes occur at a consistently higher rate than arrests for juvenile property crimes.

Question 31

Shaw and McKay argued that the "geographic distribution" of delinquency was closely connected to the social characteristics of neighborhoods.

Question 32

Which of the following is true regarding temporal (or time) patterns of offending?

A) Juvenile violent crime peaks between 10 p.m. and midnight.
B) The temporal pattern of juvenile violent crime is different on school days and non-school days.
C) The temporal pattern of violent crime is the same for juveniles and adults.
D) All of the above are true.