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  3. Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or

Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or

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问题      Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories 【C1】______  on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior 【C2】______  they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through 【C3】______  with others. Theories focusing on the role of society suggest that children commit crimes in 【C4】______  to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status, 【C5】______ as a rejection of middle-class values.
     Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, 【C6】______  the fact that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes. The latter may commit crimes 【C7】______  lack of adequate parental control. All theories, however, are tentative and are 【C8】______  to criticism.
     Changes in the social structure may indirectly 【C9】______  juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that 【C10】______  to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment 【C11】______  make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain. The resulting discontent may in 【C12】______  lead more youths into criminal behavior.
     Families have also 【C13】______  changes these years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents 【C14】______  , children are likely to have less supervision at home 【C15】______  was common in the traditional family 【C16】______  .This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other 【C17】______  causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased 【C18】______  of drags and alcohol, and the growing 【C19】______  of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, 【C20】______  a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.
【C11】
选项 A、in general
B、on average
C、by contrast
D、at length
答案A
解析 on average意为“平均起来”，其上下文当有“平均值”；by contrast意为“相反地”；at length意为“详细地”；从上下文意思来看只有A项in general(总体上)符合题意。
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