Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Some feminists have argued that the life-course perspective has provided researchers with a greater understanding of how a woman’s offending is influenced by the social conditions of her life as well as by her being a woman in a patriarchal society.
2. The blurred boundaries theory assumes that groups of people are socially situated in relation to other groups of people based on their differences.
3. Gender-specific programs target juvenile girls and give females an increased sense of community that has been associated with developing and integrating a healthy identity.
4. Under socialist feminism, class relations are primary with gender relations secondary.
5. Liberal feminists maintain, in principle, that sexism is the first, most widespread form of human oppression.


1. False
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False

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Arrest and punishment is the most effective way to deter chronic offenders from committing further crimes.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Most bank robbers visit the targeted bank prior to committing the actual robbery

a. True b. False

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In _________, the Supreme Court ruled that the crime for which the defendant was prosecuted was a variant of the common-law offense of larceny and that failure to include the intent requirement in the statute did not eliminate the element of intent

a. United States v. United States Gypsum Co. (1978) b. United States v. Knight (2007) c. Holloway v. United States (1999) d. Morrissette v. United States (1952)

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Which of the following statements best describes correctional technology? a. Escape from jail can be prevented through the monitoring of an inmates' heartbeat

b. Ground penetrating radar can locate tunnels inmates use to escape. c. An all-in-one detection spray can be used to detect someone who possesses marijuana, methamphetamines, heroin, or cocaine. d. All of these are true regarding correction technology.

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