juvenile justice test 3 – Flashcards
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What is NOT one of the effects of dropping out of highschool?
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dropouts report higher tax contributions than those who complete
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What statement is TRUE about dropping out?
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African american children receive more disciplinary infractions than other racial categories, despite the fact that their behavior is quite similar.
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what % of wolfgang's philadelphia cohort study graduated from high school?
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9
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There are 3 independent views on the association between school failure and delinquency; which of the following statements does NOT reflect one of these 3 views?
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school failure is unrelated to delinquency
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about what % of students report bringing a weapon to school regularly?
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10
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Which of the following statements about school shooters is TRUE?
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school shooters typically develop plan of attack well in advance.
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According to the text, schools with fewer behavioral problems in the student body are characterized by:
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high-achieving students.
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What statement about improving school climate and security is FALSE?
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early identification of at-risk students and removing them from the school will assist in lowering the crime rate in the school.
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Police need __ before they can conduct a search, but educators can legally search students when there are reasonable grounds to believe the students have violated the law or broken school rules.
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probable cause.
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In a 1988 case, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, the court extended the right of school officials to censor active speech when it ruled that the principal could censor:
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articles in a school-sponsored publication.
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___ is a form of expression protected by the first ammendment but not associated w/ actually speaking words.
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passive speech
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Which of the following best describes the U.S. supreme court ruling in Ingraham v. Wright concerning corporal punishment in schools?
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neither the 8th nor the 14th amendments were violated by a teacher's use of corporal punishment to discipline students.
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In Goss v. Lopez, the U.S. supreme court ruled that;
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any time a student is to be suspended for up to ten days he or she is entitled to a hearing.
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Which statement is FALSE w/ regard to minority students in school?
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black students are less likely to be suspended or expelled than white students.
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Those who fail to meet expected levels of school achievement are:
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underachievers
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t/f: Experts have concluded that many of the underlying problems of delinquency are connected w/ the nature and quality of the school experience.
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true
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t/f school desegregation efforts have heralded a new age of improved race delinquency are connected with the nature and quality of the school experience.
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true
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t/f Cross-national surveys that compare academic achievement show that the U.S. is among the top nations in critical academic areas such as math and science.
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false
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t/f: Minority students drop out at a lower rate than European American students.
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false
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t/f According to the text, almost half of all female dropouts left school because they were pregnant or had already given birth.
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true
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t/f: Family dysfunction increases the changes of dropping out of school among all racial and ethnic groups.
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true
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t/f: only 9% of the chronic offenders in wolfgangs philadelphia cohort study graduated from high school, compared to 74% of non-offenders.
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true
