The effect of increasing severity, certainty and/or swiftness of legal punishment is called _____

a. General deterrence
b. Marginal deterrence
c. Positive deterrence
d. Negative deterrence


Answer: b

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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?According to Eysenck, what is the foundation for criminality?

a. ?the over-reactive RAS b. ?instrumental conditioning c. ?interactions of environmental conditions and inherited personality traits d. ?financial gain

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______ signed the Justice for All Act, which granted federal inmates the right to petition a federal court for DNA testing to support a claim of innocence.

a. President Clinton b. President Reagan c. President Obama d. President G. W. Bush

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What are the major criticisms of the bureaucratic form of organization?

What will be an ideal response?

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