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Discuss the nature and extent of child abuse. Identify at least four causes of child abuse.
When it comes to defining obscenity, the Miller doctrine of obscenity has been praised
for spelling out how community standards are to be determined.
A number of criticisms of the general theory of crime remain unanswered. Identify and
discuss at least five implications of these unanswered criticisms.
Overall, probation appears to be a successful alternative to incarceration. According to
research, how many probationers successfully complete their probation?
A)40%
B)60%
C)75%
D)90%
White-collar crime, which includes antitrust violations, price fixing, and false
advertising, is known as _________________.
The police and other law enforcement agents (such as federal agents) are the
________________ of the criminal justice process.
Cultural deviance theory links crime rates to neighborhood ecological characteristics.
What is probation, how does the process work, and what is its success rate?
With regard to crime victims and their offenders, crime tends to be
_________________.
Discuss the origin of rational choice theory and its basic assumptions.
________________laws require offenders to serve 85% of their prison sentences.
______________ are the unique value system that dominates life among the lower
class.
The questioning of prospective jurors by the prosecution and defense in order to
determine their appropriateness to sit on a jury is termed:
A)venire
B)voir dire
C)nolle prosequi
D)jury array
The crime of ____________ involves a wrongdoer's misrepresenting a fact in a way
that causes a victim to willingly give his or her property to the wrongdoer, who then
keeps it.
Critics of the general theory of crime claim that it is_________________ or involves
circular reasoning.
Cohen labeled standards set by authority figures such as teachers, employers or
supervisors as ___________________.
Children of incarcerated parents are five times more likely to serve time in prison than
are children whose parents are not incarcerated.
___________ involves observing, over time, a group of people who share a like
characteristic.
