Shaw and McKay extended ________ theory by focusing on the social characteristics of the community as a cause of delinquency

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Answer: social disorganization

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Which of the following probably will not result in disengagement?

a. A child watches a violent television show every day after school b. A child is caught vandalizing her teacher's car and blames it on her teacher's unfair attitude towards him in class c. A child who is being bullied by a classmate reports the classmate's behavior to the school principal d. A child beats up a classmate and is praised by his father for his aggressive behavior

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Measuring the need for some service in a target area is called:

a. monitoring b. needs assessment c. process evaluation d. impact evaluation

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Which of the following descriptions about a Supreme Court death penalty case is FALSE?

A. In Atkins v. Virginia, the Court held that it is cruel and unusual punishment to execute the intellectually challenged. B. In Roper v. Simmons, the Court effectively limited capital punishment to offenders who are 18 years of age or older at the time of their offenses. C. In McCleskey v. Kemp, the Court held that state death penalty statutes are unconstitutional when statistics indicate that they have been applied in racially biased ways. D. In Ford v. Wainwright, the Court barred states from executing inmates who have developed mental illness while on death row.

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__________ is having an experience that involves affective information, he details about how it felt and how the act influenced the feelings of the person who experienced it as well as his or her response to the information

A) Physical State B) Sensatory cues C) Order of event D) Emotional state

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