Deck 6: Drugs and Delinquency

Question 1

According to the text, which of the following is not a principle of effective drug treatment programs?

A)Treatment needs to be voluntary to be effective
B)No single program is appropriate for all individuals
C)Effective treatment attends to multiple needs of the individual
D)Treatment plans need to be constantly reviewed and modified

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the way juvenile offenders with drug problems are treated?

A)Disrespectfully
B)Hesitantly
C)Generously
D)Fragmentedly

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is a result of detoxification programs?

A)Evidence of long-term use elimination
B)Successful reintegration into the community
C)Some users employ detoxification to simply reduce their tolerance so they only require small amounts to get high
D)All of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

According to the Monitoring the Future Survey, which of the following statements is false?

A)Drug use varies greatly by type of drug
B)Much drug use is experimental
C)Overall, illegal drug use among high school seniors increased between 1975 and 2016
D)Only a small fraction of respondents use any drug other than alcohol or tobacco on a regular basis

Question 5

Multi-dimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) is an example of:

A)A therapeutic community
B)A preventative education program
C)An outpatient drug-free program
D)An affective intervention

Question 6

Which drugs-delinquency relationship does the National Youth Survey support?

A)Drug use causes delinquency
B)Delinquency causes drug use
C)The relationship between drug use and delinquency is reciprocal
D)The relationship between drug use and delinquency is spurious

Question 7

Which of the following best summarizes the focus of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's (NIDA) principles of effective treatment?

A)Treatment must be long-lasting
B)Treatment must be responsive to the multiple needs of each individual
C)Detoxification is paramount in creating long-term use changes
D)Mental disorders should be addressed after drug treatment

Question 8

Which group of youths is most likely to be left out of studies such as Monitoring the Future?

A)Girls
B)Suburban youths
C)School dropouts
D)All of the above

Question 9

Which drug treatment method establishes a steady state where the individual does not experience withdrawal symptoms when the drug begins to wear off?

A)Detoxification programs
B)Maintenance programs
C)Therapeutic communities
D)Outpatient programs

Question 10

Which of the following illicit substances is reported by all ages as relatively easy to obtain?

A)LSD
B)Heroin
C)Amphetamines
D)All of the above

Question 11

Heroin addicts commit _____ times the offenses when actively using.

A)2-3
B)8-10
C)4-6
D)5

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT an element of an effective juvenile drug abuse treatment program?

A)Qualified staff
B)Family involvement
C)Community involvement
D)Developmentally appropriate treatment

Question 13

According to the text, which of the following is/are components of drug addiction?

A)Chronic use
B)The individual develops a need to use the drug continually
C)Psychological or physical dependence
D)All of the above

Question 14

Which of the following is a criticism of the "Just Say No" approach?

A)Hypocritical
B)Shortsighted
C)Basic
D)Both a and b

Question 15

According to the text, which of the following statements is the most accurate assessment of the drugs-crime connection?

A)Drug use causes delinquency
B)Delinquency causes drug use
C)The relationship between drug use and delinquency is reciprocal
D)There is a correlation between drug use and delinquency

Question 16

According to self-reports, _____ of surveyed youths were in custody due to a drug offense.

A)33%
B)42%
C)14%
D)28%

Question 17

Outpatient drug-free programs often may include all of the following except:

A)Social skills training
B)Short-term drug maintenance
C)Vocational programming
D)Short-term stays in a therapeutic community

Question 18

Which drug treatment method involves the use of a supportive, highly structured, family-like atmosphere?

A)Methadone maintenance
B)Therapeutic community
C)Detoxification
D)Outpatient drug-free programs

Question 19

Which of the following is related to the idea that drug use causes delinquency?

A)Economic need
B)Psychopharmacology explanations
C)Systemic violence
D)All of the above

Question 20

Up to ______ of drug users drop out of treatment programs.

A)40%
B)50%
C)60%
D)70%

Question 21

Inspection of self-report data such as that found in the Monitoring the Future reports indicates that teen drug use is indeed rampant, as suggested by the media.

Question 22

Youthful drug use is highly related to contact with the juvenile justice system.

Question 23

According to the text, which of the following conclusions about legalizing/decriminalizing marijuana possession is most accurate?

A)It causes addicts to suffer adverse health effects due to increased use
B)Drug addicts steal more often to obtain funds for the newly legal drug
C)Society alienates adolescent users less than pre-legalization
D)It appears to not have produced immediate, dramatic negative effects

Question 24

The Big Brothers/Big Sisters drug prevention program is a form of _________ program.

A)Peer
B)Affective
C)Knowledge/education
D)Life skills training

Question 25

For juveniles, most writers consider drug use and abuse synonymous.

Question 26

Alcohol use by 12th graders decreased between 1975 and 2016.

Question 27

According to the text, "schizophrenia" in American drug policy refers to the idea that:

A)Schizophrenia is a leading cause of drug use
B)Schizophrenia results from drug use
C)Some drugs are promoted while others are prohibited
D)The response to drugs is split between treatment and enforcement efforts

Question 28

Which type of program has been found to increase drug use due to enhanced curiosity and subsequent experimentation?

A)Peer
B)Affective
C)Knowledge/education
D)Life skills training

Question 29

Drug use is a greater problem among those who have dropped out of school.

Question 30

Life skills training programs teach key resistance skills including all of the following except:

A)Identifying help
B)Coping with stress
C)Recognizing alternatives to problem situations
D)None of the above

Question 31

If a survey asks how many times a person has used drugs in the last 30 days (or another time period), that is a measure of:

A)Prevalence
B)Incidence
C)Addiction
D)None of the above

Question 32

Examination of Monitoring the Future data show that much use of drugs such as cocaine and heroin is experimental.

Question 33

Methadone is a substitute for:

A)Morphine
B)Heroin
C)Methamphetamine
D)None of the above

Question 34

Who is responsible for teaching the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program?

A)Teachers
B)Parents
C)Police
D)Court officials

Question 35

The idea that drug use and delinquency feed and may cause each other is called a reciprocal relationship.

Question 36

Substance abuse is more extensive among casual offenders.

Question 37

Which of the following is NOT a goal of affective interventions?

A)Self-actualization
B)Self-esteem
C)Self-awareness
D)Self-worth

Question 38

Prevalence of drug use refers to how many times a drug is used in a given year.

Question 39

Surveys about the availability of illicit drugs show that such drugs are relatively easy to obtain.

Question 40

Which of the following states have legalized the possession of recreational marijuana?

A)Colorado
B)Washington
C)New York
D)Both a and b

Question 41

If the relationship between drug use and delinquency is spurious, that means that an unscrupulous researcher faked the data.

Question 42

Alcoholics Anonymous is an example of a therapeutic community program.

Question 43

The panacea phenomenon is described as when common sense says a program is exactly what is needed but evaluation proves it is, in fact, ineffective.

Question 44

Positive effects of maintenance programs tend to disappear when clients leave the program.

Question 45

Some experts suggest that drug enforcement is misguided.Instead, drugs should actually be readily available.

Question 46

Many maintenance drugs become simple substitutes for the original drug.

Question 47

There are over 1,000 juvenile drug courts in operation today.

Question 48

The most common drug maintenance program uses methadone.

Question 49

Affective programs operate under the basic assumption that informed youths will opt against drug use.

Question 50

According to the text, therapeutic community programs have shown significant success for addicts who complete both the program phase and aftercare.

Question 51

Research on Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) programs indicates that they are clearly successful in reducing substance use and abuse.

Question 52

The most frequent way out of a drug problem may be simply aging out of the addiction cycle.

Question 53

According to the text, one positive point of the drug legalization point of view is that it coincides with the Protestant ethic of our value system.

Question 54

One argument for the legalization of certain drugs is that it would reduce law enforcement's war on drugs, including the disturbing rates of African-American arrests and incarcerations.

Question 55

Education programs pair affective interventions with basic personal and social skills.

Question 56

Most juvenile interventions use a more preventative approach.

Question 57

According to the text, in order to be effective, drug treatment needs to be voluntary.

Question 58

Net-widening refers to the handling youths (or other offenders) who normally would have been left alone.

Question 59

Some states have divested the court of jurisdiction over users of alcohol and other drugs, resulting in complaints from parents who believe court mandates are necessary to straighten out their children.