_________________ offers the principle that becoming a criminal is a learning process in which potential delinquents and criminals master techniques that enable them to counterbalance or neutralize conventional value and drift back and forth between illegitimate and conventional behavior

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Neutralization theory

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Cohen and Felson focused on behavior and defined their theory as the Routine Activities Theory

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Girls who engage in ___ behavior are treated less harshly than girls who break gender norms.

a. gender appropriate b. gender inappropriate c. immoral d. illegal

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The androgen most often related to antisocial behavior is ____________________

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Federal legislation that enables prosecutors to bring additional criminal or civil charges against people engaged in two or more acts prohibited by 24 existing federal and 8 state laws is termed _____

a. the enhancement penalty b. RICO c. the Travel Act d. the Federation

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