Exam 8: The Family and Delinquency

Mass murders in which a spouse and one or more children are slain are called _____.

In the United States, which of the following groups comprise the largest proportion of children in foster care?

A family composed of parents and their children is called a nuclear family.

The _____ has been the impetus for the states to improve the legal frameworks of their child protection systems.

The association between parental deviance and children's delinquency may be related to labeling and ____.

Concerted efforts to deal with the maltreatment of children did not begin in the United States until _____.

Changing sex roles have created a more _____ family structure.

The link between parental conflict and delinquency was established more than 50 years ago; that is, the child's perception of the parent's marital happiness was a significant predictor of delinquency.

Describe the effect of inconsistent supervision on delinquency.

A family unit made up of parents and their children is called a _____.

The nonaccidental physical injury of children by their parents or guardians is called _________.

Girls are less affected by the quality of the mother's parenting and post-divorce parental conflict.

In making their decisions, courts are guided by role of the _____, protection of the _____, and responsibility of the _____.

In the 1992 Supreme Court case, _____, the court ruled that the state's attorney is not required to produce young victims at trial or to demonstrate the reason they were unavailable to serve as witnesses.

The "traditional family" could be considered something from the past; changing sex roles have restructured the American family, expanding the role of women.  What is the process in which women are now playing a much larger role?

Describe the changes in the American family and how these changes can affect delinquency.

Periodic meetings to determine whether the conditions of the case plan for an abused child are being met by the parents or guardians of the child are called _____.

Nuclear families that are the product of divorce and remarriage which contain children from each of the marriages are called broken homes.

Define parental efficacy.  Describe the relationship of parental efficacy to delinquency.

The nonaccidental physical injury of children by their parents or guardians is called _____.