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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.
【C6】
选项 A、considering
B、ignoring
C、highlighting
D、discarding
答案B
解析 根据上下文来选择，前文的线索是：大多数有关青少年犯罪的理论只关注来自贫困家庭的孩子；后文提到的事实是：来自富有家庭的孩于也会犯罪。这就说明前面的这个理论没有考虑后面的这个事实。能表达这个意思的只有ignore。
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