Exam 5: Social Reaction, Social Conflict, and Delinquency

If you were to investigate a theory that views sustained delinquent behavior resulting from destructive social interactions and encounters, which of the following should you choose?

To drive home the point that the youthful suspect is an outcast who should be shunned by society, the justice system relies on a degradation ceremony. ​

According to social conflict theory, those who hold power in contemporary society set the rules, control the law, and decide who is deviant, delinquent, and/or criminal. ​

Youths who were in trouble and arrested at an early age are more likely to lose their jobs and have spotty employment records as adults.

Describe the concept of primary and secondary deviance and explain how secondary deviance involves resocialization into a deviant role. Explain your view of this theory.

If someone were interested in researching the theory that holds the view that society is in a constant state of internal conflict as different groups strive to impose their will on others, what theory would best fit their research interest?

Describe the relationship between class and delinquency. Explain why you agree or disagree that the capitalist system affects youth differently at the different class levels.

Identify and describe the levels within our society where restorative justice is being utilized.  What is your view on restoration programs in these areas? Provide a rationale for your view.

Identify and describe sources of labels and how labels from the juvenile justice system can be devastating.  Explain why you agree or disagree with this idea.

Labels become the basis of personal identity; as the labels become more and more negatively enforced by feedback from significant persons in the youth's life, the youth's identity transforms. What is this process called?

What is the process of removing juveniles from adult jails and placing them in community-based programs to avoid the stigma attached to these facilities?

In some cases, youthful offenders fight back against their negative labels.

What are significant predictors of serious delinquent behaviors?

There has been an ongoing effort to reduce the conflict created by the application of harsh punishments to offenders, many of whom are powerless social outcasts. ​

What often involves conforming to group norms that conflict with those of conventional society?

What process occurs when offenders begin to understand and recognize their wrongdoing?

Youths who engage in delinquency and get caught and labeled are referred to as pure deviants, whereas youths who continually break rules and avoid labeling are referred to as secret deviants.  What models of labeling would best fit these descriptions?

What is the policy that substitutes alternative, community-based sanctions for state training schools?

On what concept should restorative programs focus?

Labeling alienates parents from their children and negative labels reduce children's self-image and increase delinquency.  What is this process called?