Lea and Young's left realism view of crime causation borrows from mainstream sociological theory and closely resembles the __________ approach

a. social structure c. cultural deviance
b. relative deprivation d. social learning


B

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The traditional Sicilian Mafia pursued _____________, not wealth

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Predictive scope

a. maintains that a theory has merit and is useful to the extent that it accurately predicts what is observed b. maintains that if two competing theories are essentially equal in terms of the first two criteria, then the less complicated one is considered more “elegant” c. asserts that a theory must have the quality of being falsifiable or disprovable d. refers to the scope or range of the theory and thus the scope or range of the hypotheses that can be derived from it

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Part of the renewed interest in biological theories results from expanded understanding of which of the following?

a. frenetics b. Dianetics c. prophetics d. genetics

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______ is generally understood to have taken place when someone kills four or more victims in one location at one general point in time

a. serial murder b. felony murder c. mass murder d. spree murder

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