According to several criminologists, we should shift focus from explaining criminal behavior to explaining criminal law. Do you believe this to be true? Why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?


Students should give original answers as to why we should focus on explaining criminal law. This may be along the lines of understanding processes by which certain behaviors and individuals are designated as criminal.

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A researcher reviews a distribution of a variable and notes that the cases in the distribution cluster to the left and the right tail of the distribution is longer than the left tail. This is an example of ______.

A. positively skewed B. negatively skewed C. neutrally skewed D. mode

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The invasions of the Islamic east in 1095 were referred to as the ______.

a. holocaust b. crusades c. cadres d. phansi

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Approximately what percentage of the sworn officers in the nation's police departments are males?

A. 95 percent B. 88 percent C. 41 percent D. 63 percent

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