Critics of which approach suggest that the group of youth that peaked during the early 1990s was not at all exceptional with respect to involvement in violence in their younger years?

A. Cohort
B. Economic determinism
C. Environmental
D. Lowering divorce rates
E. Gangs


Answer: A

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A. search with a warrant. B. consent search. C. search incidental to an arrest. D. custodial search.

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Which of the following is characteristic of mainstream criminology?

a. Emphasis on criminalization of behavior b. A consensus worldview c. A willingness to question the established social order d. An emphasis on praxis rather than objective analysis

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Occupational crimes are often profitable and do not come to the public's attention

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Supermax prisons:

a. house the least violent offenders. b. house inmates perceived as "hardened criminals.". c. house the "toughest of the tough.". d. place greater emphasis on work and rehabilitation than maximum security prisons. e. confine inmates to their cells 23 hours per day.

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