Exam 12: Delinquency Prevention: Social and Developmental Perspectives

The only national estimate of the costs of juvenile delinquency focuses on _____.

The effectiveness of mentoring programs, according to the text, has been shown to be _____.

 ______is the best-known and largest job training program in the United States.

A positive prior factor in an individual's life that decreases the risk of future delinquent behaviors is termed a(n) _____.

______, in the public health approach, focuses on improving the general well-being of individuals through such measures as access to health care services and general prevention education.

_____ programs usually involve nonprofessional volunteers spending time with people at risk for delinquency.

The Public Health Approach is divided into primary prevention, secondary prevention, and general prevention.

Delinquency prevention programs receive a fraction of what is spent on the juvenile justice system to deal with young people once they have broken the law.

Incarceration of juvenile delinquents is an example of a(n) _____ approach to juvenile delinquency.

______ received federal funding and attempted an integrated approach to community development.

_____ programs were instituted in the 1960s as a part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty.

The most widely cited parenting skills program is one created by the ______.

_____, in the public health approach, focuses on intervening with children and young people who are potentially at risk for becoming offenders.

Discuss Denise Gottfredson's research into after-schools programs in Maryland. Explain your view on after-school programs; include in your view who should be responsible for funding such programs.

Discuss federally funded delinquency prevention programs.

______is a comprehensive program used in secondary schools that reduces school disorder and aims to improve the school environment.

There are only two methods by which to classify delinquency prevention programs-the public health approach and the developmental perspective.

Which of the following risk factors would have the greatest impact on juvenile delinquency?

______ is a comprehensive program used in secondary schools that reduces school disorder and aims to improve the school environment.

Delinquency prevention programs are designed with the intention of excluding juvenile justice personnel.