Studies find that the poverty resulting from women’s low-paying jobs and increasing divorce rates plays a very important role in female offending, most of which involves petty property crime. This supports _____

a. A social integration theorem
b. An economic marginality hypothesis
c. An institutional structure theory
d. A hyper-masculinity principle


Answer: b

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FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) has performed oversight on the NSA. How has this affected the NSA's ability to collect data?

a. FISA have kept the NSA from gathering the data that they need. b. They have been unable to slow it down much in its efforts to snoop. c. FISA allows them to gather information on known terrorists and seriously limits anything else. d. The NSA has only been allowed to snoop where it has been necessary.

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Which of the following combinations of traits will most accurately predict that a suspect is telling the truth?

A. rapid blinking, hand on chin B. chin on chest, raised eyebrows C. dilated pupils, hands over mouth D. tilted head, hand on chin

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During the radical trials of the 1960's, defendants challenged the court system by

a. directing verbal attacks toward judges b. ignoring proceedings c. reverse traditional roles d. all of the above

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