Explain what is meant by the “dramatization of evil” and how it relates to labeling
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: [key points to be made]
*Frank Tannenbaum wrote in Crime and The Community (1938) about tags
*Process of tagging or labeling is dramatizing the evil
*People react to “tag” to the fact that you are part of a “unadjusted” group rather than just not fitting in mainstream society
*Make individual uncomfortable and self-conscious with rejection
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A. torture B. water boarding C. imprisonment D. exile
The prosecutor's gatekeeper function implies that
A) if the prosecutor declines to seek the death penalty, the jury may not impose this penalty. B) if the jury imposes the death penalty, the prosecutor may appeal the jury's decision. C) if the jury imposes the death penalty, the prosecutor may not appeal the jury's decision. D) if the prosecutor declines to seek the death penalty, the jury may still impose this penalty.
Research conducted by the National Gang Crime Research Center indicates that most youths join their first gang at age _____
a. 7 b. 9 c. 12 d. 16
The ________________ ______________justification stems from an ancient legal saying, "There's no right without a remedy."
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word