Deck 8: The Family and Delinquency

Question 1

The type of family we consider to be traditional is really a modern adaptation to this.

A) the Internet age
B) the 21st century
C) industrial age
D) the 1960s

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Why is the family significant to our study of delinquency?

A) because it's a buffer against the influences that propel young people toward antisocial behavior
B) because it's a source of antisocial behavior
C) both a and b
D) neither a nor b

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What is an important function of the family?

A) to provide emotional support
B) to provide economic support
C) to raise children responsibly
D) all of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What does good parenting require?

A) instituting lax discipline
B) encouraging productive behavior
C) providing an exciting role model
D) engaging in occasional supervision

Question 5

Which is a family structure?

A) cohabitating parents
B) gay and lesbian
C) single-parent
D) all of the above

Question 6

Why may parents treat their children differently from one another?

A) age
B) sex
C) birth order
D) all of the above

Question 7

This greatly restrains the ability of parents to meet all the physical, psychological, and social needs of their children.

A) wealth
B) school
C) religion
D) poverty

Question 8

What external forces may affect families?

A) neighborhood quality
B) availability of good jobs
C) availability of good schools
D) all of the above

Question 9

Which is one of the most prominent risk factors for delinquency?

A) large family size
B) passable parental supervision
C) parental discipline
D) family cohesion

Question 10

According to criminologist Harvey Wallace, this is "the negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by a parent or caretaker under circumstances indicating harm or threatened harm to the child's health or welfare."

A) gross negligence
B) juvenile delinquency
C) child neglect
D) child abuse

Question 11

Which is a form of emotional child neglect?

A) spurning or neglecting the child
B) isolation
C) threatening the child with violence, abandonment, or humiliation
D) all of the above

Question 12

Which causes more child fatalities?

A) neglect
B) physical abuse
C) Neither causes a significant number of child fatalities.
D) Both cause an equal number of child fatalities.

Question 13

According to Wallace, how do parents who neglect their children differ from those who take good care of their children?

A) inability to plan
B) adequate knowledge
C) adequate judgment
D) adequate motivation

Question 14

What is "acts or omissions of acts that are judged by community standards and professional expertise to be psychologically damaging to the child."

A) emotional neglect
B) abandonment
C) child abuse
D) unsafe home environment

Question 15

This is a pattern of mental and physical birth abnormalities found in some children of mothers who drank excessively during pregnancy.

A) emotional neglect
B) fetal alcohol syndrome
C) failure-to-thrive
D) all of the above

Question 16

This is a controversial issue because the symptoms might indicate a real medical problem rather than ineffective parenting.

A) emotional neglect
B) child abuse
C) failure-to-thrive
D) unsafe home environment

Question 17

Which is a common form of child neglect?

A) unsafe home environment
B) medical neglect
C) abandonment
D) all of the above

Question 18

When the state orders medical treatment for a neglected child, it is invoking its _____ authority.

A) medical
B) lex talionis
C) parens patriae
D) governing

Question 19

Wallace defines _____ as "any act that results in a non-accidental physical injury by a person who has care, custody, or control of a child."

A) child neglect
B) emotional child abuse
C) abandonment
D) physical child abuse

Question 20

This is believing that people of an earlier time should be accountable to the standards of present time.

A) modernism
B) historicism
C) presentism
D) ageism

Question 21

Who are the most frequent physical abusers of children?

A) siblings
B) teachers
C) parents
D) babysitters

Question 22

Who perpetrates the most child-abuse-related fatalities?

A) babysitters
B) mothers
C) strangers
D) fathers

Question 23

Which is not a warning sign that abuse has occurred?

A) similar versions of the incident
B) unexplained injury
C) impossible explanations
D) delay in seeking medical attention

Question 24

Which is not one of the injuries associated with child abuse?

A) spiral bone fractures
B) burns
C) bruises
D) All of the above are associated with child abuse.

Question 25

Who are the most physically abused children?

A) older children
B) infants
C) teenagers
D) toddlers

Question 26

What is one reason that boys don't report sexual abuse as often as girls?

A) They aren't questioned as closely as girls.
B) They generally have less freedom to travel and stay out late.
C) They're afraid of appearing virile.
D) all of the above

Question 27

_____ children are more likely to be sexually victimized than _____ children.

A) Older; younger
B) Younger; older
C) All children are equally likely to be victimized.
D) Children are seldom victimized.

Question 28

Sexual abuse of children tapers off sharply at this age.

A) 14
B) 9
C) 4
D) 18

Question 29

What are some reasons for the incest taboo?

A) because of the strong possibility of passing along recessive genes
B) because it prevents fathers from viewing their daughters as potential sex partners
C) because it creates order and cooperation within the family unit
D) all of the above

Question 30

According to the Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect, girls' risk of sexual abuse is _____ times that of boys.

A) three
B) five
C) 10
D) 23

Question 31

What plays an important role in how children adjust to divorce?

A) age
B) sex
C) both
D) neither

Question 32

Which are problems for children of incarcerated parents?

A) poverty
B) family history of domestic violence
C) exposure to parental mental illness
D) all of the above

Question 33

Which is a subject that has historically been associated with families and delinquency?

A) divorce
B) social support
C) family conflict
D) all of the above

Question 34

How many states have civil and/or delinquency statutes that penalize parents who "cause," "aid," "encourage," or "contribute" to their child's delinquency?

A) 50
B) 32
C) 10
D) 27

Question 35

This school opened in 1943 with the aim of helping youths by addressing family deficiencies.

A) Chicago Parental School
B) New York Parental School
C) Los Angeles Parental School
D) San Francisco Parental School

Question 36

There are sources of conflict within families that include its structure, problems of drug or alcohol abuse, and family violence.

Question 37

The common definition of child neglect isn't as well established as that of child abuse.

Question 38

Strangers are the most frequent physical abusers of children.

Question 39

The family as a unit consisting of the biological parents and their immediate offspring is the dominant type of family throughout the world.

Question 40

Older children are more likely to be sexually victimized than younger children.

Question 41

Sometimes children are the cause of family violence.

Question 42

The effect of alcohol on fetuses is better established than that of other drugs.

Question 43

Many ancient societies accepted infanticide as a parental right.

Question 44

Physical child abuse is less obvious than neglect because the injury is visible.

Question 45

Child abuse is spontaneous most of the time.

Question 46

Recent studies have shown that, regarding sexual abuse, the incidence of male victims and female abusers is higher than once thought.

Question 47

The quality of family life is unrelated to the victimization of children.

Question 48

Some studies suggest that divorce affects girls more than boys.

Question 49

Antisocial parents are poor role models.

Question 50

Family conflict can also teach a child impulsivity.