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The idea that the punishment must be equitably administered and based on what people
deserve for their crimes is called ______________________.
A variety of alternative sentences exist, in part, to relieve prison and jail overcrowding.
Identify and discuss four of these intermediate sanctions.
Differentiate between indeterminate and determinate sentences and their purposes.
According to the ____________ some business organizations promote white-collar
criminality in the same way that lower-class culture encourages the development of
juvenile gangs and street crime.
Discuss the diverging views between crime and the economy
Discretion accompanies defendants though every step of the adjudication process,
determining what will happen to them and how their cases will be resolved.
Today's Federal Bureau of Investigation is not an investigative agency; rather, it is a
police agency.
_________________ occurs when a person uses the Internet to steal someone's identity
and/or impersonate the victim to open a new credit card account or conduct some other
financial transaction.
Conduct disorder is considered a more serious group of behaviors than oppositional
defiant disorder. What statement is false regarding the causes of conduct disorder?
a. interconnections between the frontal lobes and other brain regions
b. levels of serotonin in the brain
c. genetic factors
d. an imbalance between the id, ego and superego.
_______________ have focused on the family and have played a key role in putting
into operation programs designed to strengthen the bond between parent and child.
_______________ crimes result from rage, frustration, and anger.
________ changes may be able to explain gender differences in the crime rate and
regional and temporal differences in the crime rate.
Most jurisdictions that use ______________________ specify minimum and maximum
terms but allow judges discretion to fix the actual sentence within those limits.
According to social bond theory, a person's sensitivity to and interest in others is termed
___________. Without this element of social bond, psychologists believe a person
becomes a psychopath and loses the ability to relate coherently to the world.
Provide four circumstances when police can search without a warrant?
The view that women who commit crimes have biological and psychological traits
similar to men is known as the___________________. .
Explain and discuss the differences between structural and instrumental theories.
Parents who are isolated from friends, neighbors, or relatives who can help in times of
crisis may become abusive toward their children.
Discuss the individual costs and problems suffered by victims of crime.
