Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency focus either on

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问题    Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency 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 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, ignoring the fact that children from 【C6】______ 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 lead to fewer job opportunities for youth and 【C10】______ unemployment 【C11】______ general make gainful employment increasingly difficult to 【C12】______ . The resulting discontent may in turn 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 drugs 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.  [br] 【C8】

选项 A、subject
B、subjective
C、sensible
D、sensitive

答案 A

解析词义辨析题之近形词。本句意为“但是所有理论均有待证实并且易遭到批评。”实际上是对上文提到理论的一个定义和总结。前面既然提出各理论存在缺陷，那么它们与批评之间的关系一定是be subject to，意为“易受批评的”。

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