What is the central premise of institutional-anomie theory? How does this theory explain differential crime rates across the world?
What will be an ideal response?
A capitalist economic system is conducive to producing individual pursuit of self-interest, competition, and innovation, but other developed nations with capitalist economies are not wracked by high rates of serious crimes. What is different about the United States? Messner and Rosenfeld answered that it is the economic institution that dominates other social noneconomic institutions--the family, the educational system, politics, and so on--far more than in other countries.
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According to Zahn et al. (2010), which is not a variable related to female delinquency?
a. Family conflict b. Harsh discipline c. Multiple caregivers d. Death of a parent
The _____ of violent behavior describes, in effect, the cyclical experience of serial offenders.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
State the reasons for the bright-line rule regarding the warnings to suspects adopted in Miranda v. Arizona. Identify two circumstances that have to be present before officers are required to give the Miranda warnings. List three types of questioning for which officers do not have to give the Miranda warnings
What will be an ideal response?
Any police-initiated activity that relies on a person's race or ethnic background as a basis for suspicion in involvement in criminal activity is called:
a. noble cause policing. b. situational stereotype policing. c. biased-based policing. d. dispositional policing.