Question 1

Discuss how school experiences are associated with delinquency. Provide reasons why some juveniles have negative school experiences and how these experiences affect delinquency.

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Question 2

Defend the position that negative school experiences do not cause delinquency.

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Question 3

Agnew and Brezina suggest that the association between school experiences and delinquency might reflect third variables. What are some third variables that support this statement?

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Question 4

Identify characteristics of an "effective" school and explain why these characteristics reduce the likelihood of delinquency.

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Question 5

What does "warm but firm" mean, and how is it applied to schools? Discuss the types of punishment schools should impose to reduce delinquency.

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Question 6

Draw on Agnew and Brezina's description of effective schools to explain why private schools tend to have less delinquency than public schools.

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Question 7

Use strain, social learning, control, and labeling theories to explain the relationship between school characteristics and delinquency.

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Question 8

According to Agnew and Brezina, school experiences are affected by a range of background factors. What are some of these factors? Discuss their importance to school experiences.

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Question 9

Discuss the "threat assessment" approach to school violence.

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Question 10

Discuss the three dimensions of bullying that your textbook addresses. What are the effects of bullying?

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Question 11

Discuss how bullying experiences are different for boys and girls.

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Question 12

The debate over whether school experiences have a causal effect on delinquency has important policy implications. What are these potential policy implications?

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Question 13

What do the data on trends in school crime suggest? Has school crime been increasing or decreasing since the 1990s?

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Question 14

What are the two similarities discussed in the textbook between the tragic killing spree in Santee, California and other high-profile school shootings?

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Question 15

As discussed in the textbook, Gottfredson and Gottfredson (1985) note that "much of the 'victimization' that occurs in schools involves minor indignities." What do they mean by the term "minor indignities"? Provide three examples of "minor indignities."

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Question 16

Where is serious violent victimization (rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) more likely to occur-at school or away from school? Why do you think that is?

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Question 17

Where is homicide more likely to occur-at school or away from school? Why do you think that is?

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Question 18

What is the most common form of delinquency that occurs at schools? What is the least common form of delinquency that occurs at schools?

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Question 19

How do misbehavior and delinquency affect school experiences? Provide examples.

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Question 20

If someone made the statement that school violence, especially homicides, seems to be increasing at uncontrollable levels, how would you respond to that person? What information from the textbook would you point to when formulating your response?

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