Question 1. Which of the following is not a status offense?

Truancy

Liquor violations

Curfew violations

Illicit drug use

Question 2. Amy admits to having tried marijuana in the 10th grade. She joins about __________ of all Americans, who have tried an illicit drug at least once by the 12th grade.

one-fourth

one-half

two-thirds

three-fourths

Question 3. Cultural explanations for differences in rates of violence and victimization across racial/ethnic categories point to _____________.

differences in group norms and beliefs

differences in aspects of society and its institutions more broadly

age and gender

income

Question 4. The author would agree that __________ factors explain criminality and victimization.
psychological, biological, and sociological

mainly psychological

primarily environmental

mainly biological

Question 5. In their research, Kruttschnitt and Carbone-Lopez (2006) found the following explanations for why women were involved in violent incidents except ____________.
jealousy

self-help

perceived disrespect or humiliation

vengeance

Question 6. Gangs flourish where ____________.

opportunities to legally succeed are limited

opportunities for crime are limited

positive male role models exist

schools and after school programs are well funded

Question 7. The narrowing of the gender gap among criminal offenders is most likely a result of ____________.
changes in policy and law enforcement response to crime

a much more violent female offender than in years past

changes in property crime rates

a decrease in poverty among women

Question 8. Studies show that __________ are more likely to continue to commit crimes into adulthood.
teens without deviant peers

adolescent-limited offenders

late starters

early starters

Question 9. One key difference between women's prisons and men's prisons is ____________.
the availability of prison programming

the development of pseudofamilies

the inmate code of conduct

predictors of violence and misconduct

All of the above

Question 10. In 2010, the number of American juveniles between the ages of 0 and 17 in the general population, listed by race from most to least, was ____________.

White, Hispanic, Black, and Asian

White, Black, Asian, and Hispanic

White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian

Black, White, Hispanic, and Asian