Today there are now __________________ children in the United States. - correct answer ✔✔80 million
A hundred and fifty years ago girls matured sexually at age 16. Today they do so at _____ years of age. -
correct answer ✔✔12.5
__________________ is formed when youths develop a firm sense of who they are and what they stand
for. - correct answer ✔✔Ego identity
Which of the following statements about children in the U.S. is false? - correct answer ✔✔In at least half
the states in the U.S., more than 40 percent of black children are poor
According to the text, about one third of U.S. households with children experience one of three housing
problems. Which of the following is not one of these three problems? - correct answer ✔✔housing
without nearby recreational facilities
Adults 25 years of age and older with less than a high school diploma earn ______ percent less than
those who have earned a high school diploma. - correct answer ✔✔30
According to the findings of the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey, about _____ percent of high
school students had smoked cigarettes at least 1 day during the 30 days before the survey. - correct
answer ✔✔20
According to the text, youths who have been arrested four or more times and perpetuate a striking
majority of serious criminal acts are known as the: - correct answer ✔✔"chronic juvenile offenders"
A family style wherein the father is the final authority on all family matters and exercises complete
control over his wife and children is: - correct answer ✔✔paternalistic
, Which of the following statements about children in the Middle Ages is false? - correct answer ✔✔The
parent-child relationship was particularly close and loving.
Voltaire's, Rousseau's, and Locke's vision produced a period known as the _____________________,
which stressed a humanistic view of life, freedom, family, reason, and law. - correct answer
✔✔Enlightenment
Under the _______________ movement, children were placed in the care of adults who trained them in
specific skills. - correct answer ✔✔apprenticeship
In a famous 1827 case, a duke's children were taken away from him in the name and interest of parens
patriae, because: - correct answer ✔✔his scandalous behavior
Which of the following best describes the operating philosophy of the juvenile court under parens
patriae? - correct answer ✔✔best interests of the child
During the Middle Ages in Great Britain, the chancery courts: - correct answer ✔✔did not have
jurisdiction over children charged with criminal conduct
What is the criteria on which juvenile sentencing is ideally based? - correct answer ✔✔need for
treatment
Running away and underage consumption of alcohol represent: - correct answer ✔✔status offenses
"__________________" minors is the original early designation of youths who violate the law because of
their minority status. - correct answer ✔✔Wayward
Parents may be held civilly responsible for the conduct of their minor children, under the concept of: -
correct answer ✔✔vicarious liability
True or False - Kids, whose parents divorce, increase their involvement in delinquency, especially if they
have a close bond with the custodial parent. - correct answer ✔✔False
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