Juvenile Delinquency Theory, Practice, and Law 12th Edition by Larry J. Siegel – Test Bank

1. According to the text, marijuana is not physically addicting.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Frequently Abused Drugs
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.01 – 11.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

2. Cocaine is the most powerful natural stimulant.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Frequently Abused Drugs
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.01 – 11.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

3. As opposed to other drugs, recently, crack cocaine use has been increasing in recent years.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Frequently Abused Drugs
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.01 – 11.01
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

4. Border patrol is a strategy where overseas crops are destroyed and members of drug cartels are arrested.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Drug Control Strategies
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.07 – 11.07
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

5. Alcohol-related deaths far outnumber deaths resulting from all other illegal drugs combined.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Trends in Teenage Drug Use
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.02 – 11.02
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

6. Introverted people may use drugs as an escape from real or imagined feelings of inferiority.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Why Do Youths Take Drugs?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.04 – 11.04
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

7. Studies have found that addicts suffer personality disorders characterized by a weak ego, a low frustration tolerance, and fantasies of omnipotence.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Why Do Youths Take Drugs?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.04 – 11.04
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

8. As a general rule, drug abuse appears to be a type of delinquent behavior and not a cause of delinquency.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
REFERENCES: Drug Use and Delinquency
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.06 – 11.06
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

9. There is no evidence that the accuracy of survey reporting may be affected by social and personal traits.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Trends in Teenage Drug Use
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.03 – 11.03
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember

10. Adolescents who use and distribute small amounts of drugs usually distribute these drugs to strangers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
REFERENCES: Pathways to Drug Abuse
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: JUDE.SIEG.15.11.05 – 11.05
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Remember