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ARLKQ

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on: Aug 17, 2018
Which of the following crime reduction or prevention strategies is most characteristic of the social problems perspective?
 
  a. A government-funded initiative to enhance educational opportunities among low-income individuals
  b. A move to broaden police powers by increasing the number of exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule
  c. Rewriting state statutes to increase the severity of punishment for violent offenders, such as three-strikes laws
  d. Allocating federal funds to help states build and operate more prisons

Question 2

The social _______ perspective holds that crime manifests from underlying social issues such as poverty, discrimination, and pervasive family violence.
 
  a. scientific
  b. responsibility
  c. deviance
  d. problems


tdewitt

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Reply #1 on: Aug 17, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d


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