Correlates of Delinquency
When do most delinquent acts occur?
What is During the months of July and August?
"More teens means more crimes", falls into this category of influence.
What is Population Makeup?
In the 1980's this trend began to climb.
What are juvenile arrests?
The concept of the chronic career offender is most closely associated with the research efforts of this researcher.
Who is Marvin Wolfgang?
Most likely to become the victims of crime than citizens in other age groups
What is teens?
With a few exceptions ______ are significantly more delinquent than females.
What are Males?
Unwed teen mothers and Racial conflict fall into what category of influences.
What is Social Problems?
In 1973, an estimated __________victimizations were recorded, far higher than today.
What is 44 million?
One study that followed a 10 percent sample of the original Pennsylvania cohort, to adulthood found that 70 percent of the persistent adult offenders had also been this
What is Chronic Juvenile offenders?
Adolescent and young adult victimization has been in steep __________for the past decade
What is decline?
The teenage gender ratio, males vs. females for serious violent crimes?
What is approximately 4 to 1
There is evidence that the recent drop in the teen arrest and overall crime rate can be attributed to what ?
What is Legalized abortion
Unrecorded delinquent acts are referred to as
What is dark figures of crime?
Personal, environmental, social, and developmental deficits are all ...
What is causes of chronic offending?
Kids may be victimized at school, where they are the targets of
What is schoolyard bullies?
This crime trend is not counted in the UCR.
What is Internet crimes?
In What the Future holds", what group of children will soon enter their prime crime years, increasing both the rate and extent of delinquency?
What is, children who lack stable families and adequate supervision?
Individual, school and community, family and Peer are all...
What are the factors for persistent delinquency?
________have a greater chance of becoming victims of violent crimes that European Americans of the same age
Who are African American youth?
Guns, Gangs, drug use, and media, are part of the _____________ that shape teen crime trend?
What are contributing factors.