The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s _________ _________ _________ is the best
known and most widely cited source of official criminal statistics.
Social process theories hold that criminality is a function of human _________.
The defensive use of guns is a debated issue. What does research indicate about the
effectiveness of “right-to-carry concealed handgun” laws?a. People with a history of
violence and mental disease are less likely to kill when they use a knife or other
weapon.
b. Concealed handgun laws have little effect on local crime rates.
c. People who carry guns may be at greater risk of victimization than those who do
not.
d. Research on right-to-carry concealed handguns indicates all of these findings.
Cult terrorists may engage in doomsday drills, stockpile weapons, and maintain a siege
mentality, fearing attacks from the government.
Studies of the _________ basis of substance abuse suggest that people whose parents
were alcoholic or drug dependent have a greater chance of developing a problem than
children of non-abusers.
When parents, friends, teachers, and law enforcement officials amplify negative labels
via stigmatization a person may begin to re-evaluate their identity. This process is
referred to as the _________ ____ ______.
Joyriding is a type of car theft usually motivated by a teenager’s desire to acquire the
power, prestige, sexual potency, and recognition associated with possessing an
automobile.
Explain what is meant by a Ponzi scheme and where the term originates.
Discuss the fear that crime creates, the different types of fear associated with crime, and
how crime can change peoples’ behaviors.
_________ _________are a small group of offenders who begin their career at an early
age and then continue to offend well into adulthood. For this group, the seeds of crime
persistence are planted early in life and may combine the effects of abnormal traits,
such as neurological deficits, with severe family dysfunction.
Local programs designed to assist victims and witnesses with medical bills,
transportation, loss of wages, counseling, and other needs caused by the crime are
called _________ _________ _________ _________.
Neutralization theory holds that offenders master techniques that enable them to
neutralize conventional values. Identify and discuss these techniques of neutralization.
Theft is a phenomenon unique to modern times; the theft of personal property has not
been known throughout recorded history.
Prostitutes who work the streets in plain sight of police are referred to as call girls.
Policy-based initiatives based on premises of developmental theory typically feature
multi-systemic treatment efforts.
_________ _________ link the justice system with health services and drug treatment
providers while easing the burden on the already overtaxed correctional system.
According to _________ _________ _________, crime is one among a group of
interrelated antisocial behaviors that cluster together and typically involve family
dysfunction, sexual and physical abuse, substance abuse, smoking, precocious sexuality
and early pregnancy, educational underachievement, suicide attempts, sensation
seeking, and unemployment