Data from the Rochester Youth Development Study Indicate Gang Members

question 63

Multiple Choice

Data from the Rochester Youth Development Study indicate gang members account for a significant portion of all violent and drug crimes. According to the text, these data support which of the following theories?

• A)control theory
• B)gang-crime association theory
• C)rational choice theory
• D)social disorganization theory

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Definitions:

Work Schedules

Periods in which employees are assigned to tasks or duties intended to be accomplished within a set timeframe.

Job Specialization

The process of focusing work and roles within an organization on specific tasks or functions to increase efficiency and expertise.

Predetermined Time Standards

A division of manual work into small basic elements that have established and widely accepted times.

Work Sampling

An estimate, via sampling, of the percent of the time that a worker spends on various tasks.