The positivist school of criminology focused on
A. rehabilitation for criminals.
B. punishing criminals.
C. removing criminals from society's mainstream.
D. understanding crime though the analysis of empirical data.
D
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a) Japanese b) Korean c) American d) European
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a. is black inside and outside, which might mean less maintenance, a good thing since he hates fussing with cars. b. is advertised as quick to accelerate up to 80 miles per hour, a feature that he looked for because he likes to pass slow drivers. c. received a high rating in customer satisfaction, which is important to him because his last car was a lemon. d. uses alternative fuel and is therefore environmentally friendly, something Charlie cares deeply about. e. is sleek and so much sexier than all the other cars but is also a gas guzzler and costs much more than he wants to spend.
The Kim, et al. study (Oh Rats!)says that the greatest advantage of conducting a well-controlled experiment
vs. some other research design is (a) it allows for easier support of a hypothesis (b) it allows researchers to draw conclusions about cause and effect (c) it eliminates all researcher bias (d) it allows researchers to study behavior before it develops
Wundt used the term ________ to describe his view of psychology
a. voluntarism b. cognitism c. Gestaltism d. mentalism