Deck 13: Crime Control in the Community and in Schools

Question 1

The Community Development Block Grant program was created in ________.

A) 1968
B) 1974
C) 1794
D) 1987

Answer 1

1974

Question 2

School Transitional Environment Project provided students with guidance, counseling, and specialized instruction aimed at improving their chances of success in __________.

A) high school
B) jail
C) vocations
D) anti- gang initiatives

Answer 2

high school

Question 3

What is a community?

A) a social collectivity that is less populated than a city
B) a metropolitan city over 100,000 in population
C) a city boundary line
D) a land mass with a political boundary

Answer 3

a social collectivity that is less populated than a city

Question 4

It appears through studies that __________don't do much for job creation and community improvement.

A) enterprise zones
B) social security taxes
C) international trades
D) cognitive- behavioral exercises

Question 5

One of the first examples of the social ecological model of crime is Shaw and McKay's classic book.

A) Broken Windows and Doors
B) Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Areas
C) Down by the Ghetto
D) Gangs and More Gangs

Question 6

The term __________refers to the relationships between human groups and their physical and social environments.

A) "generic"
B) "ecological"
C) "urbanite"
D) "ethnical"

Question 7

Researchers have shown a direct relationship between __________and violence.

A) hunger
B) radio
C) temperature
D) poverty

Question 8

Shaw and McKay found that areas with more than 70 percent black or foreign- born residents experience _ crime as did more homogeneous areas.

A) a different type of
B) twice as much
C) triple the
D) half as much

Question 9

One way to view crime control is it that it comes through financial assistance to communities.

Question 10

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance study revealed that 5.4% of the respondents reported carrying a weapon (gun, knife, or club) on school property on one or more days in the 30 days before the survey.

Question 11

Normative education is a school environment intervention listed in chapter 13

Question 12

Building administrative capacity appears to have a pronounced and desirable effect on crime.

Question 13

An example of normative education in operation is the Safe Dates Program.

Question 14

Several evaluations of a variety of normative education programs all show desirable outcomes.

Question 15

Companies that are located in __________zones can get lower interest rates on loans.

Question 16

In this chapter we revisited the role of families as it relates to the social ecological model of crime. Studies show that family composition is often highly associated with crime. One view holds that young people commit crime not because of their individual family situations but because of some broader community consequence of low parental supervision. What can be done to improve parental supervision in a free country where anyone can raise children regardless of their knowledge or skills?

Question 17

In this chapter we read that publicity campaigns can deter crime. Assuming that offenders make rational decisions, weighing the costs and benefits associated with criminal activity, then publicity might work. What can an apartment complex do to publicize crime control strategies and hopefully deter the vehicle burglaries in the parking lot?