Exam 6: The Troubling and Troubled World of Youth

What patterns occurred with university binge drinking, beginning in the 1990s?

Explain the ways in which the adult world is responsible for troubled, troubling, and/or deviant youth. In your answer, refer to youth crime/gangs, substance use, and the "deviant" nature of adolescence itself.

Ben says, "I joined the gang so I have someone to watch my back when I walk down the street. I've made a few enemies in my time, you know." Using Jankowski's (1991)ethnographic research, which motivation for joining a gang is Ben referring to?

How is youth crime portrayed in the media?

Which legislation would have charged a nine-year-old as an adult if it was determined that they knew the difference between right and wrong?

Drug use among youth was lower in 2007 than in 1979.

Which of the following is the clearest example of troubled youth?

Which theories do Grekul and LaBoucance-Benson (2007)combine in their analysis of Aboriginal gangs in Canada?

Relative to American research, Canadian research on youth and gangs has

In the mid-20^th century, researchers found that the most important thing to high school boys was popularity.

Describe and briefly de-construct the question "why are fraternities not considered gangs?".

Describe the various ways that the gang problem' is constructed in our society, as highlighted in our text. What impact does this construction have on public perceptions of youth, gangs and crime?

Fewer than half of street gang members are under the age of 18.

Are teenagers fundamentally different than adults? Using the theories and research identified in this chapter, argue your position on whether teenagers are a legitimate and characteristically unique subculture or whether the entire cohort is a social construction born from fear and misunderstanding.

Which of the following statements about research on adolescence is true?

Why did youth crime rates, as measured by official statistics, increase between 1962 and 1990?

Which of the following social deviance theories did Grekul and LeBoucanse-Benson not incorporate into their research on Aboriginal gangs in Canada?

Most adolescents who use marijuana use it regularly.

Based on the information analyzing the reasons behind gang involvement, the construction of the gang problem, the construction of youth and the various laws that sanction youth behaviours, how can we as a society attempt to reduce the factors surrounding the deviance associated with youth gangs?

Which of the following is a retroactive form of the social control of gangs?