Juvenile Delinquency Test-

1. What type of areas are most gangs located in according to early research?

Lower class

Upper middle class

Middle class

2. Reasons for gang behavior?

Status

Control of territory

Financial gain

All of the above

3. What are the components of drug addiction?

Chronic use

Psychological

Physical dependance

All of the above

4. What are the characteristic of gang violence?

Tagging up property and committed arson

Constant violence and physical aggression

5. Do most youth in the US belong to a gang?

Yes

No

6. What is included in all definitions of gangs?

Specific colors

7. What is the main cause of gang migration

Gangs are getting ran out by other rival gangs

Gangs are getting kicked out of the cities they reside in

Gangs are moving to new cities and recruiting new people

8. What is the group hazard hypothesis?

Groups of gangs that get into trouble

Persons who commit crimes alone are more probable to get caught compared to groups

Crimes committed in groups have a greater cahnce of being detected.

9. Which ethnic group has the most gang members?

Hispanics

Asians

African Americans

Americas

10. Whose idea was the near group

Yablonsky

Timberman

Thrasher

11. What is "Pulling Levers?"

Strictly enforced codes and laws

Zero tolerance

Pulling gangs out of cities

Both a & b

Both b and c

12. What is the connection between drugs and delinquency

There is a relationship

Drugs cause delinquency its been proven

Delinquency caused drug use

13. Who is the pioneer of gang research

Hirshi

Thrasher

Yablonsky

14. Which gangs are focused more on profit?

Asian

American

Hispanic

African American

Hawiian

15. Mixed ethinic racial membership gangs means what?

Mixed gangs

Cross gangs

Hybrid gangs

Racist gangs

16. How many gang members are there nationwide?

190,000

173,150

910,000

731,500

17. What percentage of gang members are females?

10%

15%

5%

17%

18. In 2003 how many youths were arrested for murder?

9,063

2,500

900

1,130

19. What percentage of youth taken into custody were referred to juvenile court?

71%

80%

55%

Under 50%

20. Is most gang aggression verbal or violent?

Violent

Verbal

21. What percent of males carry a gun outside there home?

35%

45%

10%

15%

55%

22. Who are detached workers

Volunteers

Social workers

Helpers

People who no longer work

All of the above

23. What is the characteristics of "wilding gangs"

Outrageous behavior and very violent

Middle class and less violent

Middle class and "more violent"

24. How old are most gang members?

12-25 yrs old

Under 18

Over 18

16 years old

25. In 2003 how many youths under 18yrs old were arrested

100,000

1 million

1.8 million

2.2 million

2.8 million

Juvenile Delinquency Test-

1. What type of areas are most gangs located in according to early research?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Reasons for gang behavior?

3. What are the components of drug addiction?

4. What are the characteristic of gang violence?

5. Do most youth in the US belong to a gang?

6. What is included in all definitions of gangs?

7. What is the main cause of gang migration

8. What is the group hazard hypothesis?

9. Which ethnic group has the most gang members?

10. Whose idea was the near group

11. What is "Pulling Levers?"

12. What is the connection between drugs and delinquency

13. Who is the pioneer of gang research

14. Which gangs are focused more on profit?

15. Mixed ethinic racial membership gangs means what?

16. How many gang members are there nationwide?

17. What percentage of gang members are females?

18. In 2003 how many youths were arrested for murder?

19. What percentage of youth taken into custody were referred to juvenile court?

20. Is most gang aggression verbal or violent?

21. What percent of males carry a gun outside there home?

22. Who are detached workers

23. What is the characteristics of "wilding gangs"

24. How old are most gang members?

25. In 2003 how many youths under 18yrs old were arrested