Exam 5: The Nature of Delinquency

The following questions are on Reading 5.1: Puzzanchera (2014). -UCR arrest data show declines in recent years in juvenile arrests for violent crimes, but increases in juvenile arrests for property crimes.

Only _____________ provide information about the social class of offenders.

Official data and victimization surveys confirm the relationship between age and crime, but self-reports of offending do not.

Which of the following is not one of the most common forms of adolescent misconduct according to self-report data?

The following questions are on Reading 5.2: Zahn et al. (2008). -The gender difference in arrests for violent crime widened during the years that Zahn and her colleagues studied.

The following questions are on Reading 5.1: Puzzanchera (2014). -Declines in recent years in arrest rates for violent crime existed for both males and females, and across racial and ethnic groups.

The different sources of data show that most forms of delinquency have declined since the mid-1990s.

UCR data indicate that violent delinquency is the most frequently occurring category of delinquency.

The following questions are on Reading 5.2: Zahn et al. (2008). -Like UCR arrest data, self-reports of offending show that female involvement in assault has increased significantly in recent decades.

UCR arrest data show that African-Americans are particularly over-represented among those arrested for what category of crime?

The strength of the relationship between gender and crime varies depending on data source and type of offense.

According to Juvenile Court Statistics, what is the most frequent referral category?

Self-report data lead to the clear conclusion that a substantial portion of adolescents report involvement in minor delinquent acts.

All forms of data show that minor forms of delinquency are far more common than serious, violent offenses.

The following questions are on Reading 5.1: Puzzanchera (2014). -According to UCR data, from 1980 to 2012, arrest rates declined for which type of offense?

Self-report data reveal racial differences in the prevalence of offending for both violent and property offenses.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between social class and offending?

Arrest data in the UCR represent the least biased data source for exploring the relationship between race and offending.

In all types of data, gender differences in juvenile crime are greatest for what category of crime?

The following questions are on Reading 5.2: Zahn et al. (2008). -The research bulletin on violence by teenage girls relies on which data source to examine trends in girls' violence?