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Discuss evolutionary theory and its association with gender-based differences in the
crime rate.
Marriage and employment serve as informal social control mechanisms that limit
criminal behavior opportunities.
___________________ occurs when a deviant event comes to the attention of
significant others or social control agents who apply a negative label.
Identify and define the different approaches used to combat white-collar crime and
provide two examples of each.
The right to bail comes from the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution that states
people can expect to be released on reasonable bail in all but capital cases.
Social learning theorists argue that people are not actually born with the ability to act
violently but that they learn to be aggressive through their life experiences via the
process of behavior modeling.
General strain theory is a micro-level theory. Explain the multiple sources of stress
contained within this view and how general strain is associated with criminality.
______________ are malicious aggressors who seek implicit or explicit pleasure or
profit through the mistreatment of other individuals. Instead of using their physical
power, the power differential of these offenders may simply stem from their net
proficiency.
_________________ is directed at people or groups who oppose the terrorists' political
ideology or who the terrorists define as "outsiders" who must be destroyed.
Gang rape victims are less likely to resist and face injury than those attacked by single
offenders.
As a source of income for transnational organized crime, human traffickers import up to
50,000 women and children every year into the United States.
Moral crusaders run the risk of engaging in immoral conduct in their efforts to protect
society from those they consider immoral
A directed verdict means that the defense did present enough evidence to disprove all
the elements of the alleged crime.
Criminologists have been trained in diverse fields " sociology, criminal justice,
political, science, psychology, political science, economics, and natural sciences -
because criminology is a ____________________ science.
The right to be protected from _____________ was made applicable to the states
through the Fourteenth Amendment in the case of Benton v. Maryland.
Punishment in prison is considered cruel and unusual when it shocks the general
conscience.
Commercial cyberspies target upcoming bids, customer lists, product designs, software
source code, voice mail messages, and confidential e-mail messages.
Criminal law constantly evolve to reflect social and economic conditions.
