A critique of social disorganization theory is that some of the studies tend to use group rates to explain individual crime. Aggregate statistics do not yield accurate estimates if the intended unit of analysis is the behavior of individuals. Consequently, researchers have committed a/an:
a. global fallacy
b. Sampson and Laub
c. Shaw and McKay
d. ecological fallacy
d. ecological fallacy
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Problem-solving courts are an alternative process to traditional criminal courts for people who have violated conditions of their probation
a. True b. False
Which of the following is false with regard to Akers’s social learning theory?
a. It incorporates ideas like imitation and modeling from Bandura’s social cognitive theory. b. It accounts for factors like the characteristics of the model, the type of behavior being observed, and the consequences of the behavior seen by the observer. c. It expands on Sutherland’s notion of definitions. d. It disregards the importance of school and family life in favor of an exclusive focus on one’s peer groups. e. It was based in part on Skinner’s operant conditioning theory.
Which of the following is closely related to the excitation transfer theory?
a. general aggression model b. hostile attribution model c. displaced aggression theory d. frustration-aggression hypothesis e. I3 theory
In India, which of the following is an example of violence against women in the family?
a. Forced prostitution b. Dowry-related violence c. Trafficking of women d. Sexual harassment at work