According to social disorganization theory, which of the following factors DOES NOT lead to crime in disorganized neighborhoods?

a. High number of children
b. High levels of high school dropouts
c. Deteriorating buildings and other infrastructures
d. Concentrations of single­parent families


a

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What will be an ideal response?

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A. a voluntary act with a guilty state of mind B. extensive harm to a person or significant damage to property C. a violent act against the criminal code D. extensive damage without just cause

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The propensity shown in Paternoster et al's study of deviant peers is that people exposed to positive attitudes toward deviant behavior are ____ likely to adapt similar behaviors themselves

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Von Hirsch's conceptualization that the punishment of the individual should be purely retributive and balanced to the seriousness of the crime is embodied in the:

a. treatment model. b. justice model. c. incapacitation model. d. restitution model.

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