What is the main concern of anomie criminal theory?

A. the idea that the benefit of the crime outweighs the punishment if caught
B. the sociological traits that cause crime
C. the gap between economic success and opportunities to get economic success
D. the biological traits that cause crime


C. the gap between economic success and opportunities to get economic success

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The LSI-R provides for reassessments of an offender’s risk score. 2. The MMPI-2 is an subjective personality adjustment inventory test. 3. Sampson and Laub’s self-control model suggests that people differ in their simple will to restrain from criminal behavior. 4. The (MMPI-2 CJCR) system was developed by Edwin Megargee. 5. The LSI-R screening version (LSI-R:SV) consists of eight items selected from the full LSI-R.

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The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment has been interpreted to prohibit the exclusion of individuals from jury service for all but which of the following reasons?

A) Ethnicity B) Religion C) Gender D) Age

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Which of the following is not a category of victims’ rights specifically associated with the court system?

a. The right to be informed b. The right to testify c. The right to attend d. The right to be heard

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This type of test/analysis conducted by the crime lab focuses on chemical reagents that are applied to the suspected evidence:

a. Microscopic b. Color c. Chromatography d. Mass spectrometry

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