Which statement is NOT true regarding crime?
a. Most crime is intraracial.
b. A significant amount of crime is committed by relatives or acquaintances of the victim.
c. The financial and emotional cost to society of crime is very high.
d. Most crime occurs between members of different races.
e. Crime and race are not correlated.
d
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Which goal of sentencing attempts to convince the criminal through punishment that the benefits they would gain from returning to the crime in the future would not be worth the punishment they would face for it?
A. General deterrence B. Retribution C. Specific deterrence D. Incapacitation
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Every community that conducts a community assessment of their gang problem should use a standard definition for “gangs.” 2. Proximal settings--including the family and school--are the most influential to development in the early and middle childhood years. 3. Bullying is unrelated to any sort of gang involvement. 4. School-based anti-bullying programs have been shown to be completely ineffective. 5. There is no noticeable difference in the peak time of gang activity between school days and non-school days.
The concept of deterrence is ________ oriented.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A goal of random patrol is __________.
A. to reduce response time B. to maintain set patrol pattern habits C. both to reduce response time and to maintain set patrol pattern habits D. neither to reduce response time nor to maintain set patrol pattern habits