Which of the following is focused on translating radical ideas into realistic social policy?
a. Feminist criminology
b. Left realism
c. Peacemaking
d. Postmodernism
b. Left realism
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Which of the following best represents the definition of public criminology?
a. Calls for criminologists to appear on television b. Calls for criminologists to focus on public policy concerns c. Calls for criminologists to appear on radio shows d. Calls for criminologists to focus on narrow research of interest to othercriminologists
A hot-stage microscope or the GRIM 3 is used to determine the _____ of glass fragments
a. Refractive index b. Relative density c. Metallic oxide content d. Temperature
According to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), violent crime rates declined in the United States beginning in the 1990s
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Differential opportunity theory and status deprivation theory were originally developed to account for white collar offenses. 2. For Marx and Engels, the worst crimes were those committed by capitalists against workers. 3. The Marxist explanation for white collar crime has been applied to 19th-century capitalist crimes, but not to similar crimes in the latter part of the 20th –century, because Marxist theory had lost all prestige with the downfall of communism. 4. The Marxist account is not very helpful in explaining why some individuals within capitalist societies engage in white collar crime while others do not. 5. “Performance pressures” in socialistic countries can be regarded as the equivalent of the capitalist drive for profit, in explaining white collar crime.