Deck 10: Schools and Delinquency

Question 1

As indicated in the text, upwards of _____ percent of students report bringing weapons to school on a regular basis.

A)10
B)6
C)3
D)1

Answer 1

A

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In a few mostly inner-city neighborhood high schools, the high school completion rate is _____ percent or less.

A)30
B)35
C)40
D)50

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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

A)Peer group
B)School
C)Media
D)Church

Question 5

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

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

Question 6

During the 1950s, research by Albert Cohen indicated that delinquency was a phenomenon of working-class students who were poorly equipped to function academically.Cohen referred to this phenomenon as a failure to live up to _____.

A)State standards
B)Parental expectations
C)Middle-class measuring rods
D)National academic standards

Question 7

Used in a number of school systems nationwide, _____ is a program focused on social and emotional development.

A)PATHS
B)Teachers for Change
C)Big Brothers
D)Positive Action

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

In Wolfgang's chronic offenders study, what percent graduated from high
School?

A)9%
B)29%
C)39%
D)49%

Question 12

Surveys indicate that _____ percent of teachers have been victims of crimes in schools.

A)3
B)7
C)17
D)30

Question 13

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 14

The first, and best-known intervention program to reduce bullying among schoolchildren was
Launched in _____.

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

Question 15

Crime in schools reflects the patterns of antisocial behavior existing _____.

A)At the state level
B)Within the school district
C)In the surrounding neighborhood
D)Such a pattern does not exist

Question 16

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 17

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

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

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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

A)Failures
B)Truants
C)Underachievers
D)Latch-key kids

Question 21

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 22

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 23

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

Question 24

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 25

Schools experiencing crime and drug abuse are most likely to be found in _____ neighborhoods.

Question 26

Of the following, which required a school district to provide space for an after-school Bible club for elementary students?

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

Question 27

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 28

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

Question 29

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 30

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 31

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

Question 32

In Santa Fe Independent School District, Petitioner v.Jane Doe the Supreme Court ruled that _____.

A)School prayers conducted by the faculty are legal at all times
B)Prayers led by an elected student undermine the protection of minority viewpoints
C)School prayers are allowed at football games but not in the classroom
D)Prayer in school is a constitutional right regardless of who leads them

Question 33

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 34

In , _____, the court extended the right of school officials to censor "active speech" when it ruled that the principal could censor articles in a student publication.

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 35

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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

Question 38

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

Question 39

_____ 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 40

Justice _____ said, "Young people do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door."

A)Sandra Day O'Connor
B)Hugo Black
C)Abe Fortas
D)Thurgood Marshall

Question 41

The relationship between school failure and persistent offending is unclear.

Question 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

The norms of the peer culture are often at odds with those of adult society, and a _____ with a distinct social system develops.

Question 45

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

Question 46

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 47

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

Question 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

Discuss why youth drop out of school.Would you agree or disagree with the authors' reasons? Explain.

Question 51

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

Question 52

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

Question 53

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

Question 54

Jackson Toby contends that the disadvantages lower-class children have in school (i.e., lack of verbal skills), are a result of their _____.

Question 55

Safe Harbor is a bullying intervention program.

Question 56

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 57

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

Question 58

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

Question 59

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

Question 60

There is no real difference in criminal behaviors found in urban schools and those found in rural schools.

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

Discuss bullying in school.What are your views on school bullying? Do you believe bullying in schools is over or under reported? Explain.

Question 63

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

Question 64

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 court cases? Explain.

Question 65

Discuss Safford v.Redding (2009).Do you agree with the majority or with Justice Thomas? Explain.