A justification for punishment that involves the goal of punishing an individual as a means of stopping her or him from doing the same act of delinquency or crime in the future is called:
a. incapacitation.
b. retribution.
c. specific deterrence.
d. general deterrence.
c. specific deterrence.
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An omission, or failure to act, can also serve as the basis for criminal liability, although this is rare
a. True b. False
Penalties for bank fraud include a maximum fine of $1 million and up to how much time in prison?
A) ?10 years B) ?15 years C) ?30 years D) ?Life
What unit of analysis is being used in the following statement? "An enormous variation of deviant activities was represented in a sample of 1,485 news items. We categorized these deviant activities into five general types of analysis: violence, economic, political, ideological/cultural and diversionary."
a. individuals b. social artifacts c. organizations d. groups