Explain the six interrelated movements that lead to the development of convict criminology. In your opinion, has the current social context resulted in an increased or decreased prominence of convict criminology? Why?

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Theoretical developments in criminology, writings in victimology and constitutive criminology, the failure of the prisoners’ rights movement, the authenticity of insider perspectives, and the growing importance of ethnography.

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Roger is committing sexual assault because he knows Sheila is unconscious and unable to ________. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Restorative justice has been found to be effective and surprisingly easy to implement and use.

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

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Most juvenile laws provide broad authority for the police to take juveniles into custody, which implies a protective rather than punitive form of custody

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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After his return to Leningrad, ________ became an aide to the vice-president of the Leningrad State University in charge of international issues. He held several key positions until 1997 when he worked as head of the president's Main Audit Directorate and Presidential Deputy Chief of Staff. From July 1998 to March 1999, he was Director of the Federal Security Service

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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