Deck 9: Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Violence

Question 1

Students who experience high rates of peer rejection often:

A)demonstrate high rates of passive-aggressive behavior.
B)reject peer group norms.
C)get caught in a circle of aggression and rejection.
D)lack an adult male role model.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The unreleased video game "School Shooter" had players target:

A)security guards.
B)students of color.
C)gay students.
D)armed students.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Playing violent video games is not linked to:

A)increased aggressive thoughts.
B)decreased attention.
C)increased aggressive behavior.
D)increased aggressive feelings.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

One study found that school shooters listened to acid rock and rap about:

A)20 hours a week.
B)15 hours a week.
C)40 hours a week.
D)60 hours a week.

Question 5

Relying on metal detectors in schools to prevent weapons from entering the building provides:

A)false security.
B)a security for staff and students.
C)a way of greeting entering students to make them feel safe.
D)a method of keeping all weapons out of the schools.

Question 6

The origins of conduct disorder, delinquent activity, and gang involvement are:

A)family aggression and violence.
B)television and media viewing.
C)developmental and ecological.
D)based in the peer group environment.

Question 7

What is not a principle in Glasser's three-stage framework of Reality Therapy?

A)Current behavior
B)Involvement
C)Punishment
D)Accept no excuses

Question 8

Which model emphasizes the importance of the microsystems of community and neighborhood?

A)Historical
B)Sociological
C)Ecological
D)Generational

Question 9

Youth who begin delinquent activities early are at greatest risk:

A)to become homeless.
B)for becoming chronic offenders.
C)of alienating themselves from the community.
D)to be on the autistic spectrum.

Question 10

The primary social environments for most children are:

A)family and friends.
B)family and church.
C)family and community activities.
D)family and school.

Question 11

Most people believe that:

A)juvenile crime is decreasing.
B)juvenile crime is increasing.
C)14-year olds should be tried as adults.
D)the media are soft on crime.

Question 12

Young people who engage in vandalism often engage in assaultive behavior.

Question 13

Disruptive and delinquent behavior usually progresses:

A)sporadically and in a disorderly manner.
B)in an orderly, sequential fashion.
C)from covert actions to authority conflict.
D)from overt action to covert action.

Question 14

Chronic exposure to violence would not lead to:

A)identification with the aggressor.
B)enhanced moral development.
C)adaptation to violence.
D)detrimental development effects.

Question 15

When children view the world as hostile and inconsistent, they often attempt to get their way regardless of social rules.These children are:

A)usually children from single parent households.
B)potentially violent later in life.
C)never going to fit socially in the school.
D)likely to develop responsible social behavior upon reaching puberty.

Question 16

There is empirical evidence that increased aggressive behavior is linked with watching violence on television.

Question 17

LGBTQ youth are uniquely subject to violence resulting from:

A)schools lacking in funds to provide tolerance training.
B)family demographics.
C)social homophobia.
D)antisocial parents.

Question 18

Which of the following statistics is not supported?

A)The overall rate of arrests for juvenile delinquency is decreasing.
B)The rate of girls in the juvenile justice system is increasing.
C)In 2008, juveniles accounted for over a quarter of property crime.
D)The rate of juveniles under 14 is increasing.

Question 19

Children in classrooms with higher levels of aggression are not described as being at increased risk of:

A)injury.
B)aggressive fantasies.
C)hostile attributions.
D)aggressive strategies.

Question 20

Less serious problem behaviors precede more serious problem behaviors.

Question 21

Conduct disorder does not include:

A)lying.
B)stealing.
C)passivity.
D)disobedience.

Question 22

More recent school shooting massacres have involved a young adult as a killer.

Question 23

Being poor is directly correlated to the incidence of delinquency.

Question 24

Which of the following is not identified as a basic human drive by Reality Therapy?

A)Power
B)Hope
C)Freedom
D)Survival

Question 25

Older children with antisocial behavior problems display rates of aggression that are more typical of:

A)felons.
B)poor people.
C)gun owners.
D)younger children.