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Describe what is meant by the term youth mentoring.

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Many youth might come from either a brok...

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The combination of poverty, family disruption, and racial composition is known as


A) social disorganization.
B) concentrated disadvantage.
C) social capital.
D) collective efficacy.

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School-based crime control can benefit children, even after school hours are over.

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Neighborhoods with a desire among residents to work for a common good, are said to have


A) collective efficacy.
B) structural functionalism.
C) collective disjuncture.
D) community diffusion.

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________ funding for crime control in schools has not kept pace with the growing costs of education.

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Programs like DARE and GREAT are considered


A) instructional interventions.
B) therapy interventions.
C) individual interventions.
D) group therapy.

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Most violent juvenile crime occurs between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.

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Who initiated the Weed and Seed program?


A) the CIA
B) the Bureau of Justice Statistics
C) the U.S. Department of Justice
D) the Police Executive Research Forum

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________ provide business expense deductions and low interest rates for loans.

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Mobilization resources are designed to solve local problems like unemployment.

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Programs to Advance Teen Health (PATH) programs were developed to sensitize students to the pressures of using


A) crack cocaine.
B) alcohol.
C) marijuana.
D) tobacco.

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Which of the following was not one of Botvin's methods of instruction to discourage drug usage among juveniles?


A) information dissemination
B) moral appeal
C) recreational appeal
D) affective education

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The term "community" has a very clear and steadfast definition.

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The term social in social ecology refers to


A) physical designs.
B) environmental interaction.
C) human interaction.
D) social mobility.

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What is a community?


A) a land mass with a political boundary.
B) a city boundary line.
C) a social collectivity that is less populated than a city.
D) a metropolitan city over 100,000 in population.

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Define the term normative education and provide an example of such a program.

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Normative education seeks to build a goo...

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Meta-analysis of DARE studies suggests that the program fails to reduce ________.

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The underlying principle of an enterprise zone is to reduce


A) traffic congestion in lower income neighborhoods.
B) duplication of businesses.
C) syndicated criminal activity.
D) poverty and unemployment.

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