Which of the Following Statements Is True of Juvenile Delinquency

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of juvenile delinquency?

• A) Girls are much more likely than boys to engage in delinquent behavior such as robbery.
• B) Similar patterns of delinquency are observed among teenagers belonging to different ethnic groups.
• C) Crimes committed by adolescents from a stable economic background are considered status offenses.
• D) Girls are more likely than boys to commit offenses such as truancy.

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Holt's Model

A forecasting technique that extends exponential smoothing to allow forecasting of data with a trend.

Trend Component

An underlying pattern in data that shows a persistent, general direction of movement over time.

Simple Exponential Smoothing

A time series forecasting method for univariate data that applies decreasing weights to past observations as they age.

Mean Absolute Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability in a data set, calculated as the average distance between each data point and the mean of the data set.