Name:_____________________________________________ Date:______________________________

CJ 114 Mid-Term Fall 2014

1. What is/are the difference(s) between status offenders and criminals? Please describe and explain. (Chapter One)

2. There is considerable debate about the quality of delinquents’ relationships with their friends or about the relationship between peers and delinquency. Please explain why. (Chapter Two)

3. Some evidence points to a link between having a learning disability (LD) and being involved in delinquent behavior. How may a LD be connected or linked to delinquency? (Chapter Three)

4. . With regard to differential association theory, what are some of the (1) strengths and some of the (2) weaknesses of this theory? (Chapter Four)

5. What are some of the (1) advantages and as well as the (2) disadvantages to the utilization of restorative justice? Please both list and explain. (Chapter Five)

(Submit answers on separate piece of paper - typewritten/computer generated - submit on blackboard under mid-term assignment)