Why is it difficult to create a terrorist profile?
What will be an ideal response?
Persons who carry out such acts vary in age, race, and cultural background. In 1986, the President’s Task Force on Combating Terrorism (PTFCT) reported that an estimated 60 percent of the Third World population is under 20 years of age and half are 15 years or younger. This being the case, a volatile mixture of youthful aspirations coupled with economic and political frustrations tends to create a pool of possible terrorists in those countries.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In the past, most prison systems never used a highly subjective system of classifying inmates
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. H.H Goddard classified low IQ individuals as idiots, imbeciles, and abnormal. 2. Alfred Binet was the creator of the IQ scores. 3. Mesomorphs are more delinquent and criminal than individuals who had other body types or temperaments. 4. Women were mainly targeted by sterilization practices. 5. Lombroso claimed that born criminals could be identified by physical features.
Which of the following statements concerning the public's attitude toward juvenile justice reform is FALSE?
a. the public favors keeping nonviolent juvenile in small, residential facilities in their own communities b. the public supports redirecting governments funds from incarceration to education and job training c. the public views treatment as more effective in rehabilitation than incarceration d. the public believes that all youth are treated fairly and equally