Theory
Measurement
Trends
Misc.
Misc.
100

Which theorists, unlike other crime/deviance theorists, ask why juveniles conform as opposed to why they engage in deviance.

Control theorists

100

FBI arrest data only report the _____ offense for which the person is arrested.

most serious 

100

Research suggests that recent immigrants to the United States have _____ crime rates than U.S. natives.

Lower

100

_____ are still illegal in almost all states.

Status offenses

100

Associating with delinquent peers causes delinquency. Delinquency also causes juveniles to associate with delinquent peers. This is known as a ______________effect.

Reciprocal

200

Positive emotions associated with delinquency such as being “on a high or rush,” or “pumped up” are examples of ____?

Non social reinforcements

200

That juveniles often only report trivial acts is one of the weaknesses associated with ______ data of delinquency? 

self-report

200

A greater portion of all female arrests are for larceny-theft and ________.

status offenses 

200

Juvenile courts (as opposed to adult courts) focus more attention on the offender than the ______.

offense

200

What approach focuses on making offenders aware of the harm they have caused having them repair the harm?

Restorative Justice

300

According to _______ theories delinquent behavior is learned through the same mechanisms/in the same ways that conforming behavior is.

Social Learning

300

Robbery, Arson, Motor vehicle theft, and forcible rape are all what?

Part 1 Index Offenses

300

Crime rates are _____ for people in mid- to late adolescence.

highest

300

Both males and females are most often arrested for _____ crimes.

minor

300

Stake in conformity, Belief, Direct Control, and Self-Control are all what?

Major types of control

400

According to general strain theory, exercise, listening to music, or using drugs are all examples of ________coping.

Emotional

400

When examining crime trends it is best to look arrest rates rather than _________

the number of arrests

400

According to victimization data, ____ are overall least likely to be victimized.

females

400

According to results from the ________ experiment, the male youth that were moved from high-poverty to low-poverty neighborhoods (the experimental group) were no less delinquent than those male youth who remained in the high-poverty neighborhoods (control group).

Moving to Opportunity

400

This refers to the mutual trust in a community and a generalized willingness to intervene in the supervision of children and to help maintain public order. Such communities where residents are willing to exercise direct control over others are said to be high in:

Collective Efficacy

500

____________theory is concerned with why certain acts are defined as delinquent and how others react to delinquency.

Labeling

500

Crime data indicate that today’s youth are not more _____ than previous generations.

violent

500

Economic deprivation, residential instability, family disruption, and high levels of diversity are all characteristics of ______.

high crime neighborhoods 

500

Denial of the victim, Denial of Injury, Condemning the Condemner are all examples of?

Techniques of Neutralization

500

Groups who worked to pass status offense laws and create a separate juvenile court and juvenile correctional institutions were known as:

The Child Savers