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Study Questions Number 17 |
Date: 11-4-04 Psychology/Criminal Justice 317 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | How does the United States compare internationally for homicide rates with other major developed countries? (155) | ||
| 2. | What three (3) norms of the larger American culture seem to promote youthful aggression? (156) | ||
| 3. | Explain how the code of the streets and the cool pose contribute to violence. (156-158) | ||
| 4. | In the context of discussion of communities, what is meant by social organization, social disorganization, social control, "informal" social control, "formal" social control, and collective efficacy. (158) | ||
| 5. | What is meant by community disadvantage? What are the reasons that community disadvantage tends to encourage youthful antisocial behavior? (158-160) | ||
| 6. | Define posttraumatic stress disorder. (161) | ||
| 7. | What does James Garbarino mean by his comparison of U. S. inner cities to war zones? (161) | ||
| 8. | What five reasons were given by Moeller for the rise of the crack market producing an increase in youth violence? (163) | ||
| 9. | What six factors were offered explaining the development of violence among Mexican-American youth in one study? (167) | ||
| 10. | Trace the increase in firearms-related deaths in the 1980s and 1990s. Describe the factors implicated in this increase. (167-170) | ||
| 11. | Which juveniles posses guns? Explain. (172-173) | ||
| 12. | Fagan and Wilkinson (1998) posited the confluence of what three forces to account for the crisis in youth gun violence? Explain. (173) | ||
| 13. | Sheley and Wright (1995) suggested what two interrelated reasons for the increased use of firearms by inner-city youth? Explain. (173) | ||