历年GRE考试真题精选系列十六
Even as the number of females processedthrough juvenile courts climbs steadily, an
implicit consensus remains among scholars in
criminal justice that male adolescents define the
(5) delinquency problem in the United States. We
suggest two reasons why this view persists. First,
female adolescents are accused primarily of
victimless crimes, such as truancy, that do not
involve clear-cut damage to persons or property.
(10)If committed by adults, these actions are not
even considered prosecutable; if committed by
juvenile males, they have traditionally been
looked on leniently by the courts. Thus iron-
ically, the plight of female delinquents receives
(15)little scrutiny because they are accused of com-
mitting relatively minor offenses. Second, the
courts have long unjustified so-called preventive
intervention into the lives of young females
viewed as antisocial with the rationale that
(20)women are especially vulnerable. Traditional
stereotypes of women as the weaker and more
dependent sex have led to earlier intervention
and longer periods of misdirected supervision
for female delinquents than for males.
17. Which of the following statements best ex-
presses the irony pointed out by the authors in
lines 13-16 of the passage?
(A) Female delinquents tend to commit victim-
less crimes more frequently than their
male counterparts.
(B) The predicament of male delinquents
receives more attention than that of
females because males are accused of
more serious crimes.
(C) Adults are frequently punished less severely
than adolescents for committing more
serious crimes.
(D) The juvenile justice system cannot correct
its biases because it does not even
recognize them.
(E) Although the number of female delinquents
is steadily increasing, the crimes of which
they are accused are not particularly
serious.
18. It can be inferred from the passage that the
authors believe traditional stereotypes of women
to be
(A) frequently challenged
(B) persistently inexplicable
(C) potentially harmful
(D) rapidly changing
(E) habitually disregarded
19. The passage suggests that scholars in criminal
justice could be criticized for which of the
历年GRE考试真题精选系列十六
following?(A) Underestimating the seriousness of juvenile
crime
(B) Rationalizing the distinction made between
juveniles and adults in the legal system
(C) Concerning themselves too little with the
prevention of juvenile delinquency
(D) Focusing on those whose crimes have
involved damage to persons or property
(E) Failing to point out injustices in the
correctional system
17.B 18.C 19.D
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