______ has led to the disproportionate representation of minority groups in correctional organizational organizations.
a. The creation of supermax prisons
b. The creation of stricter sex offender laws
c. The war on drugs
d. The increased use of community corrections
c. The war on drugs
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Structural theorists are interested in seeking the social causes of crime rates, rather than why particular individuals commit crime. 2. Durkheim argued that crime is normal, inevitable, and socially useful. 3. Shaw and McKay noted that the majority of delinquents always came from the same neighborhood regardless of the ethnic composition of those neighborhoods. 4. According to strain theory, individuals who accept traditional goals, but reject the accepted means of achieving them, are known as rebels. 5. According to general strain theory, we all experience multiple strains throughout our lives, but the impact of strain differs according to its magnitude, recency, duration, and clustering.
Mandatory minimum sentences reduced the number of nonviolent criminals incarcerated.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The term ___________usually refers to any actions applied to offenders after they have been convicted and implies that the action is "corrective", or meant to change offenders according to society's needs.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Shortening the time between pretest and posttest or perhaps even offering cash payments to participants in an experiment are techniques that may be used to:
a. limit diffusion b. decrease experimental mortality c. decrease the effects of instrumentation d. control threats to testing