Law and Politics

The social disorganization theory focused on explaining why ________ had higher crime rates and not ...

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TVs and radios were suitable targets according to Cohen and Felson's (1979) research.

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Social ecology theories usually de-emphasize the importance of individuals and put the emphasis on ...

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Shaw and McKay's ideas in criminology were unique for their time and did not borrow from any earlier ...

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Routine activities theory asserts that crime occurs when there is a convergence of motivated ...

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Other things being equal, an offender is most likely to commit a crime when there is some value in ...

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Felson believed that social ties have no effect on guardianship.

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According to social disorganization theory, Zone 2 is where the majority of crime occurs.

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According to Felson (routine activities theory), the suitability of a target is dependent upon the ...

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Which of the following would most likely be an ideological criticism of routine activities theory?

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Which of the following represents a common theme with both social disorganization theories and ...

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Which of the following factor(s) was used to explain differences in crime rates across neighborhoods ...

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Which component of routine activities theory holds or posits that if nobody in an area wants to ...

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What is it called in social disorganization theory when residents complain and organize about ...

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What did Shaw and McKay observe that happened to the crime rates as you moved further away from the ...

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The zone identified by Shaw and McKay as having the highest crime rates was called?

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Stewart et al. (2007) found that street code attitudes had what type of effect on individuals' ...

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Cohen and Felson (1979) tied their notion of "routine activities" into what else?

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According to routine activities theory, which of the following is NOT one of the three necessary ...

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What are the policy implications of relying on psychological theories for explaining crime?

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Describe Sigmund Freud's theory of personality and the three parts of the personality he identified ...

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The __________ perspective offers an explanation of crime based on the views of Sigmund Freud.

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Sigmund Freud recognized the human personality is divided into 3 parts. The __________ part refers ...

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According to White and Walters (1989, 2002), __________ refers to the tendency of criminals to put ...

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__________ offenders are believed to begin offending due to social mimicry in an attempt to achieve ...

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