According to the information in your textbook, many communities, desperate for economic development, offered to help fund private-prison companies through tax breaks, infrastructure subsidies, and other benefits. Research has shown that taxpayers subsidized 78 percent of Corrections Corporation of America's and 69 percent of Wackenhut's (now GEO's) prisons.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

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Each of the following are types of violent-apocalyptic cults EXCEPT?

a. Political b. Biblical c. Quasi-Biblical d. Secular

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Which recruitment technique relies on community respect to recruit gang members?

a. Fraternity recruitment b. Obligation recruitment c. Coercive recruitment d. Facilitative recruitment

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The basic ethical dilemmas of policing stem from an inherent conflict between ___________.

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

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Which conflict theory is mainly deconstructionist?

a. Feminist criminology b. Postmodern criminology c. Left realism d. Convict criminology

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