Question 1

What are morally tinged influences that have become entrenched in the culture but are publicly condemned?

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Question 2

Identify and describe the four elements of socialization that have been linked to delinquency.  If you were asked to rank order the importance of the elements, how would this look?  Provide a rationale for your view.

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Question 3

What do community-level institutions provide that has been ascertained as a key determinate of neighborhood delinquency rates?

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Question 4

What, according to Hirschi, are youths who reject social relationships more likely to lack?

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Question 5

According to Shaw and McKay, what does a healthy, organized community have the ability to do to achieve common goals?

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Question 6

Identify and describe the three forms of collective efficacy; be sure to include examples for each. Which of the three forms do you believe to be the most influential?  Provide a rationale for your view.

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Question 7

Unlike others who are involved in similar criminal activities, gangs openly engage in the sale of drugs as well as other types of criminal activities.  What does this promote?

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Question 8

It is reported that because of differential opportunity, youth are likely to join one of three types of gangs. Identify and describe the three types of gangs. Do you agree or disagree with the premise that differential opportunity causes youth to join gangs?  Explain your position.

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Question 9

Identify and describe the three variations of structural theory.  Explain which of the three variations you believe best explains the poverty-delinquency relationship.

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Question 10

Describe neutralization theory and the techniques of neutralization patterns (i.e., who developed the theory, basic premise of the theory, key terms associated with this theory).  What is your view of this theory and the techniques associated with it?  Explain your position.

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Question 11

Name the three independent yet overlapping theories that reside within the social structure perspective.

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Question 12

Identify and describe Merton's five modes of social adaptation.  Which mode is stated as being most closely associated with delinquency?  Do you agree or disagree with this association?  What is the rationale for your view?

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Question 13

Who developed "code of the streets"?  Describe the two cultural forces addressed in this theory.  It is stated that living in an impoverished, crime rich community places youth at risk for engaging in delinquent behavior; it is also stated that the two orientations socially organize the community.  Do you agree or disagree with these statements?  Provide a rationale for you view.

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Question 14

What does recent research indicate may have been ignored by neutralization theory?

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Question 15

What psychological reaction occurs when a person does or says something that is the opposite of what he or she really wants to or what is socially expected and appropriate. ​

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Question 16

According to strain theory, how is the ability to achieve personal goals such as owning a nice home and car or wearing stylish clothes stratified?

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Question 17

Discuss how control theories have influenced criminal justice and other public policies according to the text. Be sure to include examples of programs developed as a result of control theory.  Overall, how valuable do you believe these influences are to youth and to society in general? Provide a rationale for your view.

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Question 18

What is said to exert pressure toward delinquency by encouraging an anomic cultural environment, one in which people are encouraged to adopt an "anything goes" mentality in the pursuit of personal goals?

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Question 19

Identify and define the critical social factors believed to cause or affect delinquent behaviors.  Of these, which do you find to be the most significant and the least significant?  Provide a rationale for your view.

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Question 20

Describe each of the four elements of Hirschi's social bond theory.  What does Hirschi suggest about the interrelationship of the social bond elements?  Explain why you agree or disagree with the premise of this interrelationship. Critique the theory, assessing its strengths and weaknesses.

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Quiz 4: Social Structure, Process, Culture, and Delinquency

What are morally tinged influences that have become entrenched in the culture but are publicly condemned?

Identify and describe the four elements of socialization that have been linked to delinquency. If you were asked to rank order the importance of the elements, how would this look? Provide a rationale for your view.

What do community-level institutions provide that has been ascertained as a key determinate of neighborhood delinquency rates?

What, according to Hirschi, are youths who reject social relationships more likely to lack?

According to Shaw and McKay, what does a healthy, organized community have the ability to do to achieve common goals?

Identify and describe the three forms of collective efficacy; be sure to include examples for each. Which of the three forms do you believe to be the most influential? Provide a rationale for your view.

Unlike others who are involved in similar criminal activities, gangs openly engage in the sale of drugs as well as other types of criminal activities. What does this promote?

It is reported that because of differential opportunity, youth are likely to join one of three types of gangs. Identify and describe the three types of gangs. Do you agree or disagree with the premise that differential opportunity causes youth to join gangs? Explain your position.

Identify and describe the three variations of structural theory. Explain which of the three variations you believe best explains the poverty-delinquency relationship.

Describe neutralization theory and the techniques of neutralization patterns (i.e., who developed the theory, basic premise of the theory, key terms associated with this theory). What is your view of this theory and the techniques associated with it? Explain your position.

Name the three independent yet overlapping theories that reside within the social structure perspective.

Identify and describe Merton's five modes of social adaptation. Which mode is stated as being most closely associated with delinquency? Do you agree or disagree with this association? What is the rationale for your view?

What does recent research indicate may have been ignored by neutralization theory?

What psychological reaction occurs when a person does or says something that is the opposite of what he or she really wants to or what is socially expected and appropriate. ​

According to strain theory, how is the ability to achieve personal goals such as owning a nice home and car or wearing stylish clothes stratified?

What is said to exert pressure toward delinquency by encouraging an anomic cultural environment, one in which people are encouraged to adopt an "anything goes" mentality in the pursuit of personal goals?

Identify and define the critical social factors believed to cause or affect delinquent behaviors. Of these, which do you find to be the most significant and the least significant? Provide a rationale for your view.

Describe each of the four elements of Hirschi's social bond theory. What does Hirschi suggest about the interrelationship of the social bond elements? Explain why you agree or disagree with the premise of this interrelationship. Critique the theory, assessing its strengths and weaknesses.

What psychological reaction occurs when a person does or says something that is the opposite of what he or she really wants to or what is socially expected and appropriate.