List and briefly describe the three theories of social structure.
What will be an ideal response?
?Social disorganization theory purposes that crime is caused by zones ofdisorganization within communities.·Strain theory argues that crime is caused by the strain people experience when they are unable to meet their goals of wealth through legal means.·Cultural deviance theory asserts that people adapt their behavior tothevalues ofthesubculture to which they belong.
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Ratified in 1919, ______________ made unlawful the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” within the United States
a. the Eighteenth Amendment b. the Prohibition Act c. the Nineteenth Amendment d. the Volzheimer Act
A detailed look at differences between male and female gang members in police databases can be obtained from a study that analyzed files maintained by the:
a. Dallas Police Department b. New York Police Department c. Honolulu Police Department d. Chicago Police Department
Home detention has been criticized for resulting in ________ by bringing petty offenders under correctional control instead of diverting them from the system
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________ are arranged between the prosecutor, defense attorney, the defendant, and the judge, are negotiations of guilty pleas in exchange for reduced charges or lenient sentences
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