Even as the number of females processed $ @2 t/ \0 X$ ?- }" ]0 X5 X
through juvenile courts climbs steadily, an 0 e# ?7 y" p* a/ |
implicit consensus remains among scholars in
: [ M& U& I" qcriminal justice that male adolescents define the
+ z N2 }* J0 }0 |, D(5) delinquency problem in the United States. We 8 @' K( k4 k7 V7 w c1 [7 N8 X
suggest two reasons why this view persists. First,
3 Q" N$ z7 H% ~9 n7 I. Cfemale adolescents are accused primarily of
2 ]+ k9 F+ a: O8 m) _ g0 ?# k0 |* tvictimless crimes, such as truancy, that do not ! \2 G9 C2 z7 e4 V* M0 T
involve clear-cut damage to persons or property.
2 ]) Y: D+ I; T8 h2 @& m(10)If committed by adults, these actions are not . Z, h7 Z& j# @0 J
even considered prosecutable; if committed by ) Q& Q/ e) v' B' a0 V2 r
juvenile males, they have traditionally been ( v5 `2 W8 {! b L
looked on leniently by the courts. Thus iron-
/ g% p; T3 }! zically, the plight of female delinquents receives 2 c) s' E3 r6 s+ `2 v
(15)little scrutiny because they are accused of com- 3 K" |( w) G' h% U2 x( |7 ^
mitting relatively minor offenses. Second, the * P9 q) E- K* O3 ?" V4 D) u w
courts have long unjustified so-called preventive % E. E+ b. L0 ?: T5 a
intervention into the lives of young females
2 M% s" _) z$ Q( t* V- l/ Pviewed as antisocial with the rationale that
; U) S# a# {! A" j1 V(20)women are especially vulnerable. Traditional 1 |* K7 o1 K0 h `# X
stereotypes of women as the weaker and more 5 z3 }6 [& I9 ]$ b8 P$ ^
dependent sex have led to earlier intervention % k! z) z) q( K7 P6 O
and longer periods of misdirected supervision
3 h8 S8 M/ k: }7 Ffor female delinquents than for males. : A& c" q; [' U' Z3 ?- \$ Z
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17. Which of the following statements best ex-
# _6 ^' K8 x) S% ]7 ^presses the irony pointed out by the authors in
) n5 @* J9 [$ I- e" V% mlines 13-16 of the passage? ( p6 u; v/ Q, {+ S& x- ^
(A) Female delinquents tend to commit victim- - z. {6 G5 x; |4 K3 w
less crimes more frequently than their
; D& e6 ]4 l) h8 G! T. P+ G/ Imale counterparts.
1 |3 o6 }$ q( S: g0 B8 K( O6 t- G1 W (B) The predicament of male delinquents
! D. I1 ~" Q! ?4 `/ u0 m z1 Y receives more attention than that of % B( N6 S! f* V' P& i9 |
females because males are accused of # B, l2 ]6 ]2 ~3 W3 I s
more serious crimes. 9 y8 C+ y$ c# t& W4 ?) h0 Z
(C) Adults are frequently punished less severely
* R, T8 A% s& Q5 rthan adolescents for committing more 4 A/ j; R! t4 r
serious crimes.
8 g* K2 l9 U2 N! l (D) The juvenile justice system cannot correct $ A0 O" L# J+ o, A- w; _6 s4 l
its biases because it does not even 2 o7 p6 X) V4 \& ^
recognize them.
9 n# U' r9 e6 f (E) Although the number of female delinquents
. C7 W; Q; \- H6 ^3 o0 @ is steadily increasing, the crimes of which 1 F, d+ o6 r0 J* \/ ~8 M( x
they are accused are not particularly
0 e9 ]1 h4 `$ j" I }5 ] serious.
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" G; e, H! Q; {0 I" T18. It can be inferred from the passage that the
* |) ]5 K7 ]8 ^8 y* J authors believe traditional stereotypes of women : j9 ?0 H d/ g; e* `+ d5 J
to be
6 Q' g: }0 m( f9 x; k& ~ (A) frequently challenged / `4 n8 n; L, D5 e
(B) persistently inexplicable
+ s# G1 v3 V3 \- h8 |6 L (C) potentially harmful
% p+ Y- Z4 @- D2 ]0 P9 ] (D) rapidly changing
& q7 C+ [6 ~7 e& |/ ^7 S$ T* [ (E) habitually disregarded
, R- U! J2 o. e4 x$ h: R$ r) X
3 G+ A/ Q. T. F19. The passage suggests that scholars in criminal & s8 s- K. z( s2 R) K& W
justice could be criticized for which of the |
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