What statement about adolescent peer relations is false?
a. Peer influence is gender specific.
b. Peer influence may be more important than parental nurturance in the development of long-term behavior.
c. Peers may actually outweigh the influence of parents in producing a delinquent way of life.
d. The number and the variety of friendships increase as children go through adolescence.
A
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a. a need for harsher laws b. a need for community-based programs c. a need for more community policing d. a need for the construction of more correctional facilities
"Just desserts" holds that the punishment is to be commensurate with the seriousness of the crime
a. True b. False
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What will be an ideal response?
One definition of terrorism that combines several key elements was developed at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies by Carsten Bockstette
In part it says: "Terrorism is defined as political violence in an asymmetrical conflict that is designed to induce terror and psychic fear (sometimes indiscriminate) through the violent victimization… Such acts are meant to send a message from an illicit clandestine organization…" What is another common and distinctive element of a terrorist act that Blockstette and many others include? A. The specific selection of civilians as direct targets. B. Governmental legitimacy of actions and actors, including individuals and small groups. C. Non-violent nature of organizations that resort to violent acts when absolutely necessary and no other means of negotiation or media attention will suffice. D. All of the above are common and distinctive elements to most definitions of terrorism.