In 2004, Hirschi revised his social control theory and redefined self-control as ______?

A. Having little attachment to your parents
B. The strength of one's social bonds
C. The tendency to consider the full range of potential costs of a particular act
D. The tendency to consider the full range of benefits of an illegal or deviant behavior


Ans: C. The tendency to consider the full range of potential costs of a particular act

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______ asserts that androgen exposure causes neocortical functioning to be less concentrated in the left (language-dominated) hemisphere and to shift more toward a right hemispheric focus.

A. Galvanic neuro response (GNR) B. Competitive/victimizing behavior (CVB). C. Evolutionary neuroandrogenic theory (ENA) D. Subconvulsive estrogenic behavior (SEB)

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An accessory after the fact might provide a principal or accomplices with assistance, such as

A. getting a plane ticket to fly from somewhere else back to where the crime was committed. B. providing a place to hide. C. giving directions when asked by the principal. D. counseling to help the offenders take responsibility for their actions.

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Numerous studies have shown that measures of crime based on police records often suffer from

a. reliability problems b. validity problems c. accounting problems d. typology problems

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The social system approach is an example of what type of method?

A) One-two-three B) Degrading C) Investigative D) Targeted

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