Exam 9: Peers and Delinquency: Juvenile Gangs and Groups

A treatment-oriented ______ approach seeks to rehabilitate youths as opposed to simply incarcerating them.

A social gang is involved in few delinquent activities and little drug use other than alcohol and marijuana use.

Traditionally, gangs have operated in _____ experiencing rapid population change.

According to the text, adolescent sexual activity _____ increases the likelihood of offending.

_____ neighborhoods are inner-city areas of extreme poverty where the critical social control mechanisms have broken down.

Frederick Thrasher did most of his research on gangs in the city of _____.

Gangs are a recent phenomenon limited to the United States.

The definition of a gang is a group of adolescents involved in delinquent behavior.

Asian gang members are known for their distinctive dress codes.

Policymakers are encouraged to expand the use of evidence-based policies that are scientifically proven to reduce juvenile recidivism.

It is possible that ____ love can fill a void of lessening parental attachment, and therefore result in less delinquent behavior.

According to the _____ view, youths are encouraged to join gangs during periods of social, economic, and cultural turmoil.

According to the National Youth Gang Survey, the most recent survey of gang membership estimates that there are _____ gang members in the United States.

Explain Thrasher's, Klein's, and Miller's definitions of gangs. Discuss their similarities or differences.

A friendship _____ is considered an association with a single "best friend."

Romantic love may have a mitigating effect on gang involvement.

According to control theory approach, articulated by Travis Hirschi, delinquents are very attached to their peers.

_____ is/are a method of enforcement in which police, armed with arrest and search warrants, enter a neighborhood in an operation to make as many arrests as possible.

When the peer group provides the social and emotional basis for antisocial activity, a clique is transformed into a gang.

A system of positions, facial expressions, and body language used by gang members to convey a message is called _____.