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Observed phenomena that can be quantified and measured is _________ _________ .
Some critics are concerned that IT can compromise the _________ and _________ of
U.S. citizens who have not engaged in criminal activity.
Children suffering from measurable neurological deficits at birth are believed to also
suffer from antisocial traits throughout their life, from habitual lying to violence.
Deterrence strategies should work and have worked in controlling white-collar crime
because white-collar crime, by its nature, is a rational act.
_________ robbers steal to support their drug habits and have a low commitment to
robbery because of its danger but a high commitment to theft because it supplies needed
funds.
Juvenile violent crime alone costs the United States 160 billion every year.
_________ _________ _________ is the written code that defines crimes and their
punishments, and reflects the values, beliefs, and opinions of society's mainstream.
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.
_________ _________ _________ are perpetrated by state authorities against the
people they are supposed to serve.
People at the highest stages of moral development refrain from crime because:
a. They have outlooks characterized by self-interest.
b. They fear punishment.
c. They believe the concept of general deterrence.
d. They believe in duty to others and universal rights.
Define and discuss revolutionary terrorists, political terrorism and, nationalist terrorists,
and retributive terrorists.
The application of sociological concepts to criminology can be traced to the works of
Quetelet and Durkheim.
Feminists suggest that as the nation moves toward gender equality, there may be an
immediate increase in rape rates because of increased threats to male virility and
dominance.
_________ _________ refers to judicial practices in some jurisdictions whereby
harsher sentences are imposed on African Americans for certain offenses.
_________ are segments of the population whose members have a relatively similar
portion of material goods and who share attitudes, values, norms, and an identifiable
lifestyle.
Common law originated in early England where royal judges would use local rules and
custom to decide cases.
