African American males are sent to jails and prisons at a rate of ____ times greater than that of whites.

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


Answer: 6

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Subculture consists of patterns that distinguish some segment of a society's population

A. True B. False

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Dorothea Dix preferred the ______ model over the ______ model of prisons.

a. Northern; Southern b. Southern; Northern c. New York; Pennsylvania d. Pennsylvania; New York

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According to Gottfredson and Hirschi, individuals who are impulsive, insensitive, physical, risk takers, short sighted, and nonverbal are said to have:

a. low self-control b. sociopathic personality c. hedonistic psychopathy d. an unusual medulla oblongata

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Police officers must be extremely cautious in labeling, or classifying, a missing child case since the classification process will affect the way in which initial evidence or information is gathered

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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