Factors Affecting Teens

Chapters 10-12

Textbook: Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice and Law 13th Edition
ISBN – 13 978-1337091831

Specific Assignments:
Study chapters 10-12. The “Summary” and “Key Terms” at the end of each chapter are an excellent study tool. Please maintain my assignment numbers/letters. Questions are 3 pts. unless otherwise indicated.

Students must list each question and the response, individually. It is very helpful to use color-coding (contrasting font colors – the questions in black and the answers in red or blue or just make your answer bold). Most questions require a paragraph response but a few require a list. No question should be answered in less than two sentences. Students should give complete, thorough responses. When the question seems to demand only a curt response, you can always expound on the general topic of the question. Curt responses are never acceptable. Your answers should demonstrate an understanding of the topic even if the question only asks your opinion. (9 pts. each chapter – 27 total pts.)

Provide your responses to the following questions via the appropriate Moodle drop box. Again, use your own words and use our assigned text for your answers. (66 total pts.)

2-What are the pitfalls of dropping out of high school? Name three.
3-Are school underachievers more likely to be delinquents? Explain.
4-What are the dangers of academic tracking programs?
5-List 3 facts the Secret Service found among school shooters.
6-What is the most common drug used by teens? Explain.
7-Is cigarette use by high schoolers up or down? Explain.
8-Is there a relationship between drug use and crime/delinquency? Explain.
9-Read about the Elmira, NY home visitation program in your text and describe it to me using a good paragraph. List at least 3 good reasons to continue using the program. (4 pts.)
10-Read about the Oregon parenting skills program (OSLC) in your text and describe it to me using a good paragraph. List at least 3 good reasons to continue using the program. (4 pts.)
11-Read about the Perry Preschool Program in Ypsilanti, Michigan in your text and describe it to me using a good paragraph. List at least 4 good reasons to continue using the program. (5 pts.)
12-Read about Head Start in your text and describe it to me using a good paragraph. List at least 4 good reasons to continue funding Head Start programs. (5 pts.)

13-What is a “blueprint” program? List 3 of them from your text.

14-Provide a good, understandable definition of the following 8, using your own words (do not simply copy words from the book or from another source). 3 pts. each

anesthetic drug stimulants
designer drugs addiction-prone personality
gateway drug experimental group
control group protective factor