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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A sociobiology
B heredity
C sociobiology and heredity
D the media
Question #2
A male police officer who are respectful of delinquent women
B females being suspected less for criminal behavior and male police officer who are respectful of delinquent women
C females being treated with more leniency by police
D females being suspected less for criminal behavior
Question #3
A maturation hypothesis
B gender gap hypothesis
C liberation hypothesis
D frustration hypothesis
Question #4
A indirect aggression
B relational aggression
C physical aggression
D social aggression
Question #5
A their appearance
B their athletic abilities
C their relations with others
D their academic abilities
Question #6
A feminist theory
B deterrence theory
C rational choice theory
D deterrence and rational theory
Question #7
A others from committing similar acts
B an individual from committing similar acts in the future
C individuals who are still in school from committing delinquent acts
D all of the above apply
Question #8
A the responsibility for such choices can never be fully understood
B the responsibility of such choices can be blamed on society
C the responsibility and accountability is directly on him/her
D the responsibility is on both the individual and society
Question #9
A criminal behaviors due to mental illness not detected in infancy
B delinquency during adolescence but do not go on to commit more crimes as adults
C antisocial behaviors at an early age and persist through their entire life
D criminal behaviors throughout their adult years but were never delinquent as teens
Question #10
A portraying delinquents as dangerous threats to social order
B programs that are focused on education
C real-life delinquent activities as fun and entertaining
D children who are overly anxious about crime
Question #11
A the youth’s relative position among other teenagers
B personal health
C religiosity
D level of educational attainment
Question #12
A departs from more established and accepted criminological theories
B is no longer important
C is accepted by all sociologists as a valid explanation of delinquency
D conforms to the more accepted criminological theories
Question #13
A view that delinquents eventually outgrow their deviancy and conform to the values of society
B idea that people from the same environment are motivated by different factors
C notion of a developmental process that precedes the attainment of a deviant or delinquent identity and career
D suggestion that there is a difference between a deviant identity and deviant career
Question #14
A deviance, like beauty, exists in the eyes of the beholder
B deviance cannot be seen
C deviance really does not exist
D deviance is the same to all
Question #15
A when a deviant act is instigated by the parent
B when an individual may commit a deviant act (or several deviant acts but does not internalize the deviant self-concept and continues to occupy the role of conformist
C when an individual’s self-concept is altered and the deviant role is personally assumed
D when the deviant act is committed by a person under the age of ten
Question #16
A special privileges should be given to special prisoners
B the greater evil lies in the societal treatment, not in the original act
C solitary confinement
D inadequate medical care in prison
Question #17
A the type of treatment used to incarcerate those convicted of misdemeanors
B the treatment of the offender that makes a hardened criminal out of the accidental or occasional one
C the type of prison used to incarcerate convicted felons
D the privileges given to incarcerated individuals
Question #18
A having no effect on future behavior
B a catalyst for eliciting future behavior of the prescribed kind
C causing a variety of activities
D relative unimportance
Question #19
A situations are defined differently
B situations can cause serious consequences
C when people define a situation as real, it becomes real in its consequences
D no situation is ever the same
Question #20
A only social status
B only social expectations
C social status, social roles, and social expectations
D only social roles
Question #21
A rejected the notion that delinquency is an inherent potentiality in all human beings
B were not interested in delinquency
C accepted the idea that delinquency is an inherent potentiality in all human beings
D supported the social control theorists’ explanations of juvenile delinquency
Question #22
A They have a great deal of remorse
B They have relatively weak social bonds and consequently feel little remorse for violations of generally accepted social standards
C They have absolutely no social bonds
D They have strong social bonds
Question #23
A occasionally free to “drift”
B unchanging
C an immoral person
D locked into a particular situation
Question #24
A condemning the condemner
B appeal to higher loyalties
C denial of responsibility
D denial of harm
Question #25
A cannot be applied to juveniles
B represents the ability of a person to resist temptations
C applies only to juveniles
D does not vary among individuals
Question #26
A pride and self-worth
B membership in a street gang or participation in a criminal subculture
C mental conflict and anxiety
D alienation and frustration
Question #27
A come from a hard-working background
B they come from a wealthy background
C they have a strong religious background
D they have been rewarded for doing so
Question #28
A can become viable role models for some youngsters
B are ignored by most youth
C have no effect on females
D have no effect on juveniles
Question #29
A will become a ward of the state
B can never become a law-abiding citizen
C loses interest in society
D slips into juvenile delinquency
Question #30
A crystallization
B socialization
C characterization
D politicization
Question #31
A Cambodian
B Chinese
C Japanese
D Korean
Question #32
A in jail
B in areas adjacent to the central business district and to heavy industrial areas
C in the suburbs
D in the rural outreaches of the city
Question #33
A uniform throughout the population
B not identifiable
C really not that important
D not uniform throughout the population
Question #34
A crime-oriented gang
B rebellion-oriented gang
C conflict-oriented gang
D retreatist-oriented gang
Question #35
A abused children
B the behavior of lower class juveniles
C middle class juveniles
D average boys.
Question #36
A centralism
B rebellion
C retreatism
D ritualism
Question #37
A retreatism
B ritualism
C conformity
D innovation
Question #38
A local government
B arrest rates
C prevailing social conditions
D economic status
Question #39
A suicide rates drop dramatically
B people will reach out to social institutions such as the family and religion in order to regain a sense of stability
C the rules that restrain us from socially unacceptable acts can become weak or suspended
D the police and military must then take over in order to preserve social stability
Question #40
A are unanimous in pinpointing the exact causes of juvenile delinquency
B neglect the causes of juvenile delinquency
C are not unanimous in pinpointing the exact causes of juvenile delinquency
D prefer not to comment on the causes of juvenile delinquency
Question #41
A conduct disorder , diagnosis , and the later stages
B adults, adolescents, children and juveniles
C bullies, victims, and interlopers
D normal childhood behavior and boys will be boys
Question #42
A normal behavior
B deviant behavior
C social indifference
D personality
Question #43
A totally ignored
B adopted by all foreign scholars as definitive conclusions concerning the cause of criminal behavior
C subjected to intense scrutiny and criticism by subsequent investigators
D accepted by most criminologists
Question #44
A not only encourage the reformation of offenders, but discourage criminality in the general populace
B jam up the court system so much that most juvenile offenders would be adults before their case was heard in court
C result in the elimination of the Juvenile court system altogether
D only further encourage juveniles to break the law, as well as to hide their behavior better
Question #45
A victims have never filed any police complaint
B victims distrust surveys
C victims are the only source of information
D victims really do not care to answer the questions
Question #46
A send the juvenile directly to juvenile detention or foster care
B let the parents handle the case
C dismiss the case
D divert the matter away from the court system
Question #47
A only because of the frequency of occurrence
B because of their seriousness, frequency of occurrence, and likelihood of being reported to the police
C only because of their seriousness
D only because of the likelihood of being reported to the police
Question #48
A it produces results
B the average person believes it
C it in fact measures whatever it is supposed to measure
D it yields the same results upon repetition of the measuring procedure or repetition by other investigators
Question #49
A outdated
B proscriptive norms
C negative norms
D prescriptive norms
Question #50
A are prohibited for juveniles
B are not illegal when done by adults
C are referred to as status offenses
D all of the above