There is a clear mandate for the government to apprehend and punish criminals because it is the government's primary objective to
a. provide for the welfare of its citizens.
b. appease the special interests who pay for political campaigns.
c. exert direct social control over deviants.
d. exert ideological social control over citizens.
Answer: a. provide for the welfare of its citizens.
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A. are able to avoid end-of-life issues and suffering. B. were probably engaging in risky behavior. C. probably had some form of genetic or chromosomal abnormality that contributed to early death. D. are cheated out of their futures.
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b. the number of rapes and attempted rapes has decreased in recent decades. c. a majority of women in prison are mothers. d. all of these are inconvenient facts presented in the text
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. alienation b. labor c. objectification d. species being