Briefly describe how England dealt with its crime problem prior to the 17th and 18th centuries.

What will be an ideal response?


England used old ships and mines as prisons. It also employed the death penalty, corporal punishment, and eventually the transportation of criminals to the colonies as the most common means of dealing with the crime problem.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Sanitizing language, such as "wasting" or "whacking" instead of killing is an example of:

a. behavioral classification. b. metaphorical cataloging. c. cognitive adage. d. euphemistic labeling.

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Like adult crime, juvenile crime overall has increased since the 1990s

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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If there is a break-in in which the children in the house are molested and the parents are shot to death before the offender steals the family car, which crime(s) are recorded in the UCR?

A. Breaking and entering, sexual molestation, murder, and auto theft. B. Breaking and entering, burglary, sexual molestation, murder, and auto theft. C. Breaking and entering, burglary, rape, murder, and auto theft. D. Murder

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