Exam 10: Schools and Delinquency

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There is little relationship between educational achievement and economic disadvantage. ​

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The high school dropout rate would be highest in which type of school? ​

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Tracking has little relation to school failure. ​

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_____ refers to dividing students into groups according to their ability and achievement levels. ​

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Which is not a factor linked to school violence? ​

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Repeated, negative acts committed by one or more children against another are defined as _____. ​

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A _____ is a school where the seniors number 60% or less of the number of ninth-graders. ​

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Which federal agency has developed a profile of school shootings and school shooters? ​

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Pressure to conform to gender expectations is called ____. ​

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As the school is the "basic conduit through which the community and adult influences enter into the lives of adolescents," the school has become the primary instrument of _____. ​

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Generally speaking, most school shootings are spontaneous and impulsive. ​

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Social withdrawal is one of several factors linked to school violence. ​

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New Jersey v. T.L.O. was concerned with issues surrounding the _____ Amendment. ​

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Attention was first brought to focus on school crime when the federal government published its pioneering study of school systems entitled _____ ​

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The largest contingent of police officers in city schools, numbering 5,000, is in New York City.  These officers are called _____. ​

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Youths who feel isolated or alone, with little parental attention, provide an example of an ____ cause of delinquency. ​

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Establishing a school policy of locker searches and other related security activities is an example of what kind of school-based prevention program? ​

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Since 1972, dropout rates have remained the highest for _____.

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Discuss the three independent views on the association between school failure and delinquency. Explain your view on these associations. ​

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Schools lacking in high-achieving students, a drug-free environment, and involved parents is an example of a ____ cause of delinquency. ​

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