________ is the process in which a person openly rejects something he or she wants but cannot obtain or achieve

A) Reaction formation
B) Relative deprivation
C) Anomie
D) Technique of neutralization


A) Reaction formation

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According to Wong, cultural competence is not the same as cultural ______________

a. conviction b. sensitivity c. constructs d. confluence

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The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) 2000 defines a human trafficking victim as an individual induced to perform labor or a commercial sexual act through ______.

A. extortion, malice, or fraud B. force, fraud, or coercion C. favor, fraud, or fear D. malice, intimidation, or coercion

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Conclusions drawn about the relationships among concepts, based on the logical interrelationship among the axioms is:

a. a law b. a proposition c. an axiom d. a statement

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By 1970, which of the following ideas did NOT dominate thinking about sentencing?

a. Sentencing should have rehabilitation of the offender at least as a partial goal. b. Repeat career criminals require severe punishment to incapacitate them. c. Many offenders deserve severe punishment because they have committed serious crimes. d. All crimes deserve some punishment to retain the deterrent potency of the criminal law.

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