What are some of the programs suggested by the literature of subculture theorists? Do you think they have been successful?
What will be an ideal response?
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*Delinquency treatment in therapeutic settings away from inner city, like Silverlake Experiment and Provo Experiment, using guided group interaction to build skills to avoid peer pressure
*Peace Corps and Job Corps (both still exist today)
*Chicago Area Project, Mobilization for Youth
*Intervention school programs to avoid status frustration at young age and dropping out such as Project Head Start – still active today
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According to Jerome Skolnick, co-director of the Center for Research in Crime and Justice at the New York University School of Law, which of the following is a predictable public response when crime rates begin to rise in a community?
A. To punish convicted criminals with stricter laws B. To ensure faster trials C. To advocate capital punishment D. To demand restitution for victims of crimes
________ is a measure of an offender's propensity to commit further criminal activity that also indicates the level of community supervision required.
A. Risk B. Assessment C. Criminogenic evaluation D. Supervision
“Law is custom recreated by agents of society in institutions specifically meant to deal with legal questions.” This definition of law follows what approach of defining the law?
A. law and justice B. law and social integration C. law and custom D. law in action
Which of the following statements reflects beliefs of the classical school of criminology?
A. People who commit criminal acts are possessed by supernatural forces. B. People who are more intelligent are less likely to engage in criminal behavior. C. Criminal behavior is caused by few opportunities for prosperity. D. Criminal behavior is rational, and all people have the capacity to engage in criminal acts.