Deck 10: Schools and Delinquency

Question 1

American students consistently outperform Chinese students on standardized students. ​

Answer 1

False

Question 2

School failure is a direct cause of delinquent behavior. ​

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In general, students have the right to expect that their records will be kept private. ​

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Being out of school without permission is the definition of "truant." ​

Question 5

The school experience is not a significant factor in shaping the direction of an adolescent's life course. ​

Question 6

Student alienation has also been identified as a link between school failure and delinquency. ​

Question 7

The affective strategy to preventing school violence is to treat youths who have manifested problems. ​

Question 8

Training students to resist peer pressure is a cognitive approach to preventing delinquency. ​

Question 9

There is little relationship between educational achievement and economic disadvantage. ​

Question 10

Police need probable cause before they can conduct a search, but educators can legally search students when there are reasonable grounds to believe the students have violated the law or broken school rules. ​

Question 11

Generally speaking, the trend in school violence has been decreasing over the last two decades. ​

Question 12

Teachers are also the victims of school violence and intimidation. ​

Question 13

In regard to drug testing of student athletes, the only consequence of a failed drug test is to limit the student's privilege of participating in extracurricular activities. ​

Question 14

The Court has ruled that school officials have the right to censor "active speech" when that speech is disruptive of the learning environment. ​

Question 15

Generally speaking, most school shootings are spontaneous and impulsive. ​

Question 16

Safe Harbor is a bullying intervention program first developed in Norway. ​

Question 17

Tracking has little relation to school failure. ​

Question 18

Social withdrawal is one of several factors linked to school violence. ​

Question 19

The relationship between school failure and persistent offending is unclear. ​

Question 20

Poverty and economic marginality may directly impact learning and consequently a child's future chances of success. ​

Question 21

Researchers commonly find that _____ is a stronger predictor of delinquency than such personal variables as economic class membership or peer group relations.

A)heredity
B)school failure
C)race
D)IQ

Question 22

Students living in low-income families are approximately _____ times more likely to drop out than their peers from high-income families.

A)two
B)four
C)six
D)eight

Question 23

The first, and best-known, intervention program to reduce bullying among school children was launched in _____. ​

A)Germany
B)Norway
C)England
D)Japan

Question 24

The most important Supreme Court case concerning a student's right to passive speech was the 1969 case of ______. ​

A)New Jersey v. T.L.O.
B)Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
C)Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
D)Wisconsin v. Yoder

Question 25

The high school dropout rate would be highest in which type of school? ​

A)Rural agricultural
B)Urban middle-class
C)Urban upscale
D)Inner-city, predominantly minority

Question 26

According to the text, the latest data tells us that more than _____ of school-aged children have reported being bullied at least once in the past year. ​

A)30%
B)50%
C)60%
D)70%

Question 27

A dysfunctional home life or psychological abnormalities are examples of what type of correlate of school failure? ​

A)Alienation
B)Social class
C)Tracking
D)Personal problems

Question 28

Since 1972, dropout rates have remained the highest for _____.

A)Whites
B)African Americans
C)Hispanics
D)Asians

Question 29

Research shows that the _____ is one of the most important predictors of campus crime and violence.

A)school climate
B)lack of parental involvement
C)gang membership
D)standardized testing

Question 30

Today, more than 90% of the school-age population attends school, compared with _____ in 1890. ​

A)7%
B)17%
C)27%
D)37%

Question 31

Those who fail to meet expected levels of school achievement are referred to as _____.

A)failures
B)truants
C)underachievers
D)latchkey children

Question 32

According to the text, it is now estimated that one out of _____ children are unprepared when they enter kindergarten.

A)4
B)5
C)8
D)10

Question 33

_____ refers to dividing students into groups according to their ability and achievement levels. ​

A)Labeling
B)Identifying
C)Testing
D)Tracking

Question 34

The primary agent of socialization in the United States is the _____. ​

A)peer group
B)school
C)media
D)church

Question 35

Surveys show that about ______ of schools use one or more security cameras. ​

A)10%
B)20%
C)35%
D)50%

Question 36

In _____ , the courts held that schools were allowed to administer drug-testing programs to student athletes. ​

A)New Jersey v. T.L.O.
B)Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
C)Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
D)Wisconsin v. Yoder

Question 37

Which federal agency has developed a profile of school shootings and school shooters? ​

A)A.T.F.
B)Homeland Security
C)D.E.A.
D)U.S. Secret Service

Question 38

Which is not a factor linked to school violence?

A)Being quiet and reserved
B)Membership in hate groups
C)Being a victim of violence
D)Drug use

Question 39

In the case of New Jersey v. T.L.O., the court dealt with the issue of ______. ​

A)search and seizure
B)school prayer
C)free speech
D)corporal punishment

Question 40

Which is not a source of student alienation?

A)School size
B)School sports
C)Irrelevant curriculum
D)Lack of payoff

Question 41

Which is not a factor linked to school violence? ​

A)Excessive feelings of rejection
B)Interest in school
C)Feelings of persecution
D)Serious threats of violence

Question 42

Which is not a strategy that may reduce school violence? ​

A) Increase student engagement ​
B)Cut back on extracurricular activities
C)Start prevention programs early
D)Offer mentoring programs

Question 43

In ____ , the Supreme Court upheld the school's right to use corporal punishment. ​

A)Good News Club v. Milford Central School
B)Baker v. Owen
C)Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
D)Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser

Question 44

Attention was first brought to focus on school crime when the federal government published its pioneering study of school systems entitled _____ ​

Question 45

The largest contingent of police officers in city schools, numbering 5,000, is in New York City.  These officers are called _____. ​

A)police school officers
B)school safety agents
C)officers of the school
D)security officers

Question 46

Under the concept of _____, discipline is one of the assumed parental duties given to the school system. ​

Question 47

Student _____ may be the function of students' inability to see the relevance of what they are taught. ​

Question 48

_____ is a youth leadership program that provides young people with an opportunity to learn techniques and cultural/historical significance of West African traditional, Afro-Cuban, and Afro-Brazilian drumming. ​

Question 49

A student from a low-income household is an example of what type of correlate of school failure? ​

A)Alienation
B)Social class
C)Tracking
D)Personal problems

Question 50

Factors linked to children who engage in serious school violence include _____.  This refers to patterns of impulsive and chronic hitting, intimidating, and bullying behaviors, which, if left unaddressed, may later escalate into more serious behaviors. ​

Question 51

Students who leave school before completing their required program of education are referred to as _____. ​

Question 52

The courts upheld a school system's right to suspend a student who uses obscene or profane language and gestures in _____. ​

A)Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
B)Wisconsin v. Yoder
C)Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
D)Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser

Question 53

Which is not considered to be part of a school security effort? ​

A)Picture IDs
B)Mood lighting
C)Random checks
D)Security cameras

Question 54

_____ policies mandate specific consequences for delinquent acts and do not allow anyone to avoid these consequences. ​

Question 55

As the school is the "basic conduit through which the community and adult influences enter into the lives of adolescents," the school has become the primary instrument of _____. ​

Question 56

In Ingraham v. Wright, the courts ruled on the issue of _____. ​

A)search and seizure
B)school prayer
C)free speech
D)corporal punishment

Question 57

A feeling of being alone and "away" from others is an example of what type of correlate of school failure? ​

A)Personal problems
B)social class
C)Alienation
D)Tracking

Question 58

Repeated, negative acts committed by one or more children against another are defined as _____. ​

Question 59

Establishing a school policy of locker searches and other related security activities is an example of what kind of school-based prevention program? ​

A)Cognitive
B)Behavioral
C)Affective
D)Environmental

Question 60

School failure may also be linked to _____ that might actually be treatable if properly identified. ​

Question 61

Discuss 4 of the 14 factors linked to children who engage in serious school violence. Why did you choose these factors? Explain. ​

Question 62

The percentage of an age group that is not enrolled in school and has not earned a high school diploma or equivalent is called _____. ​

Question 63

Discuss bullying in school. What are your views on school bullying? Do you believe bullying in schools is over- or underreported? Explain. ​

Question 64

Discuss the role of the school in delinquency prevention. ​

Question 65

Discuss social class as a cause of school failure. Do you agree or disagree with this theory? Explain. ​

Question 66

Discuss the three independent views on the association between school failure and delinquency. Explain your view on these associations. ​

Question 67

Discuss socialization and status as they relate to a student's educational experience. ​

Question 68

Discuss security measures used by schools. Do you think these efforts are adequate or should schools increase their security measures? Explain. ​

Question 69

Discuss the four sources of student alienation. Of these, which do you believe to be the most relevant? Explain. ​

Question 70

Youths who feel isolated or alone, with little parental attention, provide an example of an ____ cause of delinquency. ​

Question 71

A _____ is a school where the seniors number 60% or less of the number of ninth-graders. ​

Question 72

Discuss Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) or Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988). Do you agree or disagree with the holding of the Court in these cases? Explain. ​

Question 73

_____ speech is a form of expression not associated with actually speaking words. ​

Question 74

New Jersey v. T.L.O. was concerned with issues surrounding the _____ Amendment. ​

Question 75

Improving students' psychological assets and self-image to give them the resources to resist antisocial behaviors is an example of an ___ school-based prevention program. ​

Question 76

Schools lacking in high-achieving students, a drug-free environment, and involved parents is an example of a ____ cause of delinquency. ​

Question 77

Dividing students into groups according to their ability and achievement levels is referred to as _____. ​

Question 78

Discuss why youths drop out of school. Would you agree or disagree with the reasons presented in the text? Explain. ​

Question 79

Pressure to conform to gender expectations is called ____. ​