Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. White-collar criminologists were interested in how those in powerful positions committed crime with little risk of going to prison.
2. The physical costs of white-collar crime are estimated to rival or surpass those of street crime.
3. Gilbert Geis is the “father of white-collar crime.”
4. The Muckraker Ida Tarbell wrote The Jungle, which uncovered massive problems in the meatpacking industry in New York City.
5. Sutherland supported theories that located the cause of crime within the human psyche.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. FALSE
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a. Suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. b. Declaration of martial law throughout the Union states. c. Highly publicized prosecutions of selected individuals. d. Creation of the Secret Service to monitor anti-war sentiment.
__________ is a conflict theory that has shifted the emphasis from crime by the ruling class to the impact that crime by the lower and working classes has on other members of those classes
a. Left realism b. Radical criminology c. Consensus theory d. Social constructionism
Hispanic youth are ______ more likely than White youth to be placed out of home once their cases have been adjudicated.
A. 10% B. 20% C. 30% D. 50%
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a. police dispatcher b. police cadet c. public service attendant d. community service attendant