Who applied Durkheim's ideas to the onset of crime and delinquency in contemporary society?

What will be an ideal response?


Robert Merton

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. There are six basic types of organized crime. 2. The Black Hand was more a method of crime than an organization. 3. 2005). The RICO statute (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) was a feature of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1950. 4. It is estimated that 1 of every 10 federal prisoners is in a gang. 5. The Japanese term for gangsters is Mafia.

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What is a co-gender prison?

A) An adult prison that permits conjugal visitation B) An adult prison housing homosexual and transgendered inmates C) An adult prison housing married couples D) An adult prison housing both male and female inmates

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Wilson believed that police organizations could be divided into one of three basic categories: the ________ style, the watchman style, and the service style

A) adversarial B) legalistic C) community-oriented D) none of the above

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In _________________, the Supreme Court ruled that a citizen detained in the United States as an enemy combatant must be afforded the opportunity to rebut such a designation

a. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld b. Hannity v. Colmes c. Atta v. Ridge d. Rasul v. Bush e. bin Laden v. Powell

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