Law and Politics

A shoplifter who claims she is not really a criminal because "no one really got hurt and the shop ...

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The concept of luck or of being lucky relates to the focal concern

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Which focal concern involves the ability to con or outsmart others?

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Which of the following is not one of Miller's focal concerns?

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Walter Miller identified six key values, or ________, which are considered important by members of a ...

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A clash between middle-class values and lower-class norms would result in ________ culture conflict.

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are expectations for human behavior within a social group.

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The culture conflict perspective was most clearly expressed by

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Which of the following types of strain is most likely to cause crime?

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According to general strain theory, which of these situations is not one in which strain occurs?

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General strain theory was developed by

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According to relative deprivation theory, ________ can be blamed for most crime.

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Relative deprivation theory was proposed by

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According to Merton, the ________ mode of adaptation involves rejecting culturally defined goals but ...

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According to Merton, which mode of adaptation typifies most middle - and upper-class individuals?

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According to Merton, which of the following would not be a socially approved means to achieving ...

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Which of the following is not a criticism of the ecological school?

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Which of the following statements would not apply to Starks theory of deviant neighborhoods?

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Sherman's research found that about ________ percent of places in Minneapolis produced about ...

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The most important contribution made by the ecological school is

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Early ecological theories of crime were collectively referred to as the ________ School of Criminology.

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According to research on crime patterns in concentric zones, what will happen to rates of offending ...

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The social pathology model was used by early social ________ theorists.

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Which of the following is not a type of social structure theory?

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Social structure theories see ________ as a fundamental cause of crime.

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