What is school robbery?

What will be an ideal response?


A school robbery fails to meet the stereotypic type of robbery in that it is not a stickup or a mugging but, for the most part, is an instance of petty extortion or a “shakedown” of students or teachers.

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In one study, male police officers expressed greater concern about than did female officers

a. career issues b. major shifts in procedures c. personal safety d. poor supervision e. shift rotation

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When we say that the Ford Motor Company produced unsafe cars, we are treating the organization as:

a. a sum of individual actions b. an actor c. an abstraction d. a nonentity

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Which procedure is typically conducted during the arraignment stage of the criminal justice process?

a. fingerprinting b. formal notification of charges c. supervision in community by a parole officer d. sentencing

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Which of the following theories suggests that people will avoid potentially pleasurable acts (such as criminal behaviors) if the pain or fear of punishment is significant?

a. biological b. psychological c. deterrence d. rational choice

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