Answer reliability 40 one major difficulty with

Answer: reliability
40) One major difficulty with cohort studies is that their findings cannot be ________
confidently beyond the
persons in the cohort.
41) Most studies using self - report measures have found that African Americans are more
likely to be ________

delinquent but are not significantly worse than Caucasians in their prevalence or frequency
of offending.
42) Victimization data shows that adolescent ________ are victimized more often than
adolescents of the other
gender.
43) The Seattle Social Development Project data showed that an early age of onset
predicted a ________ rate of
offending in both self - reports and court referrals.
44) The term escalation of offenses refers to a(n) ________ in the frequency and severity of
an individual's offenses.
45) A small number of chronic juvenile offenders accounts for a ________ share of all crimes.
46) Research shows that ________ is strongly predictive of premature, unstable, precarious,
and unsatisfied
conditions in multiple life domains.
MATCHING. Choose the item in column 2 that best matches each item in column 1.
Please match each concept or term with its definition.
47) Prevalence of delinquency
Answer: B
48) Incidence of delinquency
Answer: A
49) Hidden delinquency
Answer: C
A) The frequency with which delinquent
behavior occurs.
B) The percentage of the juvenile population
involved in delinquent behavior.
C) Any unobserved or unreported
delinquency
5
Match each major source of data on delinquency with its type of information.
50) Uniform Crime Reporting Program
Answer: C
51) National Crime Victimization Survey
Answer: A
52) Juvenile Court Statistics
Answer: D
53) Self - report surveys
Answer: B
A) Victimization data
B) Individual self - reports of involvement in
delinquency and crime
C) The FBI's program for compiling annual
data about crimes committed in the United
States.
D) Delinquency cases processed in federal
courts
ESSAY. Write your answer in the space provided or on a separate sheet of paper.
54) Discuss the various weaknesses attributed to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program as
a measure of crime.

55) Discuss the findings of various studies on racial/ethnic background and delinquent
behavior.