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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 (47)______ on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior because they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through (48)______ with others. Theories focusing on the role of society suggest that children commit crimes in (49)______ to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status or as a rejection of middle-class values.
    Most theories of juvenile delinquency have focused on children from disadvantaged families, (50)______ the fact that children from wealthy homes also commit crimes. The latter any commit crimes for lack of adequate parental control. All theories, however, are tentative and are (51)______ to criticism.
    Changes in the social structure may indirectly (52)______ juvenile crime rates. For example, changes in the economy that lead to fewer job opportunities for youth and rising unemployment in general make gainful employment increasingly difficult to obtain. The resulting discontent may in (53)______ lead more youths into criminal behavior.
    Families have also experienced changes these years. More families consist of one parent households or two working parents; (54)______, children are likely to have less supervision at home than was common in the traditional family structure. This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. Other (55)______ causes of offensive acts include frustration or failure in school, the increased (56)______ of drugs and alcohol, and the growing incidence of child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to increase the probability of a child committing a criminal act, although a direct causal relationship has not yet been established.

                Word Bank:
A. commenting              I. centering
B. identifiable            J. ignoring
C. turn                    K. interactions
D. allocation              L. although
E. affect                  M. subject
F. availability            N. resistant
G. simultaneously          O. consequently
H. response

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答案O
解析 根据句子的逻辑关系,前面句子与此句为因果关系,又空白后为逗号,可判断此处需填表示因果的副词,因此选择consequently因此。选项中simultaneously意为“同时”,不符合句意。
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