Exam 12: Delinquency Prevention: Social and Developmental Perspectives

The ____ perspective claims that delinquency in adolescents is influence by "behavioral and attitudinal patterns that have been learned during an individual's development."

The Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) personnel teaches parents _____.

The Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study was one of the first delinquency prevention programs to be evaluated using a(n) _____.

Nearly one-fourth of the programs reviewed in the Blueprints for Violence Prevention initiative were found to meet the established scientific standards to be proven effective.

____ childhood prevention programs are initiated before delinquency occurs.

More than _____ of all married couples with school-age children (ages 6 to 17) have both parents working outside the home.

The ______was set up to help improve the lives of young people at high risk for delinquency, gang involvement, substance abuse and other problem behaviors. ​

The _____ used a method in which teachers learn techniques that reward appropriate student behavior and minimize disruptive behavior.

Boot camps present an example of delinquency ______.

One approach to reduce the costs of juvenile delinquency that focuses on stopping delinquency before it begins is _____.

One study puts the total cost of a murder, which includes victim costs plus costs to the justice system, at just under _____. ​

The developmental perspective is characterized in part by its implementation from childhood to transition to work as an adult.

Boys and Girls Clubs of America are one of the most successful ______ in preventing juvenile delinquency.

A negative prior factor in an individual's life that increases the risk of delinquency is called a protective factor.

_______ has provided thousands of youths with advisors and relies on responsible and caring adults to volunteer their time as mentors to young people.

The most common areas of increased risk, based on a large number of male and female youths enrolled in the Juvenile Mentoring Programs are school and _____.

______, in the public health approach, focuses on intervening with adjudicated juvenile offenders through such measures as substance abuse treatment and imprisonment.

______ was started in 1978 by a group of young people in New York City to provide job training in carpentry and construction to disadvantaged, unemployed youths.

Which of the following is NOT one of the pressing issues facing the future of delinquency prevention?

A popular and effective form of family support according to the text is _____.