Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Both specific and general deterrence rely on individuals engaging in hedonistic
calculus.
2. Nobel Prize–winning economist Gary Becker dismisses the idea that criminals lack
the knowledge and the foresight to take punitive probabilities into consideration when
deciding whether to continue committing crimes.
3. There are three types of deterrence.
4. Rehabilitation refers to the "just desserts" model, which demands that punishment match as closely as possible the degree of harm criminals have inflicted on their victims.
5. Underlying all systems of criminal law is the philosophical belief that individuals are
deterred by the threat of punishment.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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The concept of criminal law has been recognized for more than 3,000 years, beginning with the creation of the most famous set of written laws of the ancient world, known as __________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
What is NOT a step in the interview process?
a. The individual tells the story of what happened. b. The officer compiles an outline of the incident for the interviewee. c. The individual tells the story for a second time. d. The officer reads his/her notes back to the individual.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The major change in the new UCR program was its conversion to a NIBRS, which involves a unit-record reporting system in which each local law enforcement agency reports on each individual crime incident and on each individual arrest. 2. Sampling is a procedure used in research by which a select subunit of a population is studied in order to analyze the entire population. 3. Probability samples refer to samples that permit estimation of the likelihood of each element of the population being selected in the sample. 4. Simple random samples (SRSs) are samples in which each element of the population (or universe) has an equal probability of being selected. 5. EPSEM, a means of sample selection, is an acronym that stands for Equal Probability of Selection Method.