By early 2009, about what percent of adult prisons were accredited by the American Correctional Association?
a. 16%
b. 26%
c. 36%
d. 46%
c
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Because Shaw and McKay attributed crime to the combination of weak controls and learning criminal cultural values, their theory has been called a:
a. combined model b. integrated model c. mixed model d. collective model
In 1997, the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention (OJJDP) reported that most children (74 percent) who are murdered during stranger kidnappings are:
A) Abducted from classrooms B) Tortured before being killed C) Held for an average of two weeks before being killed D) Killed within the first few hours of the event
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In order to determine when death occurs, a majority of state legislatures and courts now have adopted a brain death test. 2. First-degree murder is the most serious form of homicide and can result in the death penalty in all 50 states. 3. Deliberation entails an intent to kill that is carried out in the heat of passion in furtherance of the design to kill. 4. State capital murder or aggravated murder statutes typically reserve death for premeditated killings with the presence of various aggravated factors or special circumstances.
Situational crime prevention is influenced by the concepts of defensible space, crime prevention through environmental design, and problem-oriented policing
a. True b. False