Youth Crimes in the United States The questions are to reflect quality and not quantity, and therefore each answer should be no more than one paragraph in

Youth Crimes in the United States The questions are to reflect quality and not quantity, and therefore each answer should be no more than one paragraph in length. This means you will need to think carefully about the content of your response. 46
PART I The Nature and Extent of Delinquency
REVIEW QUESTIONS
4. What do you believe the connection is between the
maltreatment of children in their homes and on the streets
and their involvement in crime and delinquency?
1. What do the UCRs generally show about youth crime in the
United States?
2. What do juvenile court statistics show about youth crime in
the United States?
3. What can self-report studies tell us that official accounts of
youth crime cannot?
GROUP EXERCISES
1. Group Work: First, identify and describe the different types
of research methodologies used to collect data on crime and
offenders. After discussions die down, you may open your
books and spell out in considerably more detail the different
types of research methodologies used to collect data.
2. Group Work: First, all groups are, without looking at the
data in the text, to discuss with each other the findings of
the different research methods. After initial discussions,
open the text and describe the findings of the different
research methodologies.
3. Writing to Learn: Write on one or more of the following
topics: the UCRs, victimization surveys, self-report studies,
or cohort studies. Critique and revise.
4. Class Debate: Divide the class into two parts. Assign one
group to argue the benefits and advantages of the UCRs,
victimization studies, and Juvenile Court Statistics in
understanding cite Assist the other group to argue,
supported by the chapter’s introductory comments by
Dr. Zahn and her excerpt in Voices of Delinquency: A
Researcher Speaks Out, that the data on school and fam-
ily victimization are the most worthwhile data for use in
juvenile justice.
5. Writing to Learn: Write on the nature of juvenile victimiza-
tion in the school and in the family (about 10 minutes for a
paragraph on each). Critique and revise.
WORKING WITH MUL

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