Law and Politics

The first state to pass a "three strikes" law was

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The ________ model is predicated on the belief that criminals deserve punishment because of the ...

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The argument that crime is not a result of poverty or social conditions and therefore cannot be ...

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The nothing works doctrine was based on the work of

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determinism is the belief that much of human behavior results from forces outside the individual's control.

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Bentham's approach is known as

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The Panopticon was envisioned by

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Which of the following is not one of the basic assumptions or principles of the Classical School?

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Which of the following was the first modern approach to making sense of crime and criminal behavior?

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Theoretical criminology offers explanations for criminal behavior. However, there is no grand theory ...

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The use of rigorous social scientific techniques to develop knowledge in the field of criminology is ...

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________ surveys obtain information on crime from offenders.

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The ________ rate is the proportion of reported or discovered crimes within a given offense category ...

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The most important feature of NIBRS is that it is ________.

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A crime is considered to be ________ when an arrest has been made.

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________ was added to the list of Part I crimes in 1979.

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Many contemporary criminologists operate from a(n) ________ perspective.

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Social ________ refers to the view that social events are interpreted differently by different people.

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________ theories provide potentially wider explanatory power than other types of theories.

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A(n) ________ is a specialist in the collection and examination of the physical evidence of crime.

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The ________ approach to crime assumes that powerful individuals can impose their definitions of ...

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________ is human conduct that violates the criminal law.

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According to various professional groups, prolonged viewing of media violence can lead to emotional ...

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The Uniform Crime Report was designed to help uncover the "dark figure" of crime.

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Crime has been increasing steadily since the mid -1990s.

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