According to the _______, the accused are not guilty if they are mentally ill, because their crime is considered the "product" of their mental illness

a) Rule of Thumb
b) M'Naghten Rule
c) Durham Rule
d) Goffman Rule


c) Durham Rule

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Greek American culture has been conceptualized as:

a) egocentric. b) concentric. c) allocentric. d) ethnocentric.

Sociology

Very large random samples of Catholics and Protestants have been questioned about their opinions on cohabitation. Forty-six percent of the Protestant and 47% of the Catholics approve of males and females living together without being married. The difference has been tested and found to be statistically significant. What is the most reasonable conclusion?

a. This is a statistically significant and important difference b. This difference may be statistically significant but it seems unimportant c. This difference is due to random chance d. The researcher should have used sample means rather than proportions in this situation

Sociology

Yu spends most of his time in the countryside picking herbs to use in his place of work. He dries the herbs and makes teas for his customers who are cancer patients wanting to combat the side effects of the chemotherapy treatments they are receiving from their doctors. What term do sociologists use to describe what Yu offers?

a. alternative medicine b. complementary medicine c. faith healing d. natural medicine

Sociology

Joint supervision of parolees by teams of police and parole officers is the most common way that police currently contribute to prisoner reentry efforts.

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

Sociology