Slide 3- Risky Behaviours and Delinquency Flashcards
(60 cards)
What is delinquency and what does it cover
Covers various deviant behaviours, some of them violent and some less dangerous or harmful
What is Matzo’s Delinquency and Drift discuss
Discusses the techniques of neutralization used by delinquents who wish to justify their harmful actions
Between the sexes who is more likely to report running away from home
females
Between the sexes who were more likely to report all of the other 12 behaviours
males
Are older or younger students more likely to engage in delinquent behaviour
Older students are more likely than younger students to engage in delinquent behaviour
What are the 13 delinquent behaviours
fire setting
theft of goods $50 or less
Vandalism
Assault
Ran away
Carried a weapon
Car theft/Joyride
Sold Cannabis
Theft of goods over $50
Break and Enter
Gang Fighting
Sold other drugs
Carried a handgun
Where is the evidence of delinquency most evident in
Clearest for poor youth in poor neighbourhoods
Why do people break the rules
They break the rules when they believe they have something to gain by doing so and believe they have nothing to lose by doing
What is Hirschi’s view on Risky Behaviour and Delinquency
Argued that, without controls, people are more likely to commit delinquent or criminal acts
Why do people break the rules?
They break the rules when they believe they have something to gain by doing so and believe they have nothing to lose by doing
What are the four social bonds that promote conformity. [ACIB]
- Attachment: Interest in others
- Commitment: Effort spent in conventional lines of social activity
- Involvement: Time spent on activities that support conventional interests
- Belief: Faith in the laws of society
Which sexes are most likely to be involved in delinquent acts
From early age onward, girls are less likely to be involved in delinquent acts
What was John Hagan et al’s theory and what does it explain
The POWER CONTROL THEORY. attempts to explain the relationship between class, gender, and delinquency
What examples are provided in the power control theory to help understand family relationships and their effects on delinquency?
In two-parent middle-class families [where husband and wife have roughly equal roles] sons and daughters receive equal treatment [looser supervision]
In two-parent working class families [where husband and wife have unequal work roles] sons are given more freedom than daughters
Due to greater supervision, working class daughters are least likely to commit deviant acts
What is bullying
The assertion of power through aggression
How do bullies acquire power over their victims
physically, emotionally, and socially
What percent of children with aggression problems grow up to have problems with violence
30-40 percent
Bullying remains over time, but changes with age, how [from young children to adult]
Young children bully through pushing, shoving, name-calling, teasing, and isolation
Teenagers bully through sexual harassment, gang violence, and dating violence
Adults bully through assaults, marital violence, child abuse, workplace harassment, and senior abuse
How does gender differ when it comes to bullying
Both boys and girls bully and are bullied at approximately the same rate, though boys are more physical, girls are more indirect in their bullying
How does age affect the way people buklly
Bullying from ages 4-10 is the same sex; ages 11-18 expands into opposite-sex bullying
How does temperament show up differently in sexes
Bulies tend to be hyperactive, disruptive,impulsive, are physically strong [if boys] and have little empathy or remorse
Does victimization decrease across grade
yes
Is bullying a group activity or solo
85 percent of bullying episodes occur in the context of a peer group
who has the highest risk of automobile accidents
Young men, of all drivers, have the highest risk of automobile accidents, which are the most common causes of death for that group
