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What's the Gender?
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CJ Basics
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What is the name for the FBI program that compiles annual data about crimes committed in the United States?
The Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR)
100
Which gender is more likely to begin a criminal career at an early age and extend their delinquent career into their adult lives?
Males
100
What city was featured in the article?
City of Chicago
100
True or False: Both juvenile property crimes and violent arrest percentages decreased between 2001 and 2010.
False; violent crime arrest percentages, from 2001 to 2010, has decreased, but the percentage of property crime increased.
100
What does the acronym, NCVS, stand for?
National Crime Victimization Survey
200
Name the type of study that is based on surveys where delinquent acts are reported by the participant, and is typically used as a method to study juvenile crime?
Self-Report Study
200
Which gender has a higher rate of being sexually abused?
Females
200
What are the characteristics of the offenders and victims of gun violence as mentioned in the article?
Low-income, gang-involved, young minority males Specifically: African American males, single-parent households
200
True or False: Drug arrests for females decreased in the years 2001 to 2010?
False; the percentage of female drug arrests increased 14.7 percent
200
Name the 8 criminal offenses that are classified into the UCR Part 1 offenses
Murder/Criminal Homicide,Forcible rape, Robbery, Aggravated assault, Burglary, Larceny-theft, Motor vehicle theft, Arson
300
What term refers to the age at which a child begins to commit delinquent acts?
Age of onset
300
According to NCVS data, which gender has an increase in violent offending?
Females
300
What are the suggested ways to reduce youth gun violence as presented?
Alternative sanctions and intervention, better communication/relationship between community and law enforcement, community mobilization, mass media informing dangers, programs for at-risk youth, positive opportunities, special law enforcement units
300
True or False: Self-report studies seem to show that delinquent involvement by middle-class and upper-class children are lower than those of lower socioeconomic classes.
False; the studies indicate a similarity in delinquent involvement with all three social classes.
300
Define "dark figure of crime."
Refers to the number of crimes that are not reported, discovered, or recorded by police
400
Define the term, "specialization."
The repeated involvement of a juvenile in one type of delinquency during the course of offending.
400
Which gender has higher arrest ratio in drug violations, violent crimes, and property crimes?
Males (5-1, 5-1, 3-1).
400
Name a factor that may contribute to engagement/victimization of youth gun violence in Chicago
Family structure, race, gang involvement, illegal activities (drugs), school failure, alcohol use, "wrong place, wrong time), and the circulation of over 250 million guns in America.
400
True or False: According to the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, African American teenagers do not have higher rates of property or drug crime?
False; instead, they found that African American teenagers do have a higher rate of violence, especially with armed violence.
400
The NCVS survey moves when a family moves, thus it is never permanent at a single household.
False; the survey itself remains at a specific household address for three years before being replaced by a new household address.
500
What word is defined as "the termination of a delinquent career or behavior?"
Desistance
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Which gender has a higher risk of having serious criminal arrests when they are from a mother-only household compared to a two-parent family?
Males
500
Give the timeline for national epidemic of youth violence.
Began in mid-1980s, peaked in 1990s, and declined into the 2000's.
500
Name one of the seven predictors of chronic offenders that was discovered by Blumstein and his colleagues
1) conviction of crime before age 13 2) low family income 3) "troublesome" label by teachers and peers at ages 8-10 4) poor school performance by age 10 5) psychomotor clumsiness 6) low nonverbal IQ 7) convicted siblings
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Name a difference from the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems.
What is adults get bail, adults have the right to a jury, Goal of adult- Punishment vs. juvenile- rehabilitate, language : adults ="criminals" and juveniles = "delinquents"
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