What are some of the basic assumptions of cultural criminology?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: [key points to be made]
*Statistics not as helpful as understanding the essence of behavior, why people do things
*Focus on interaction of cultural and subcultural dynamics of crime and crime control
*Crime is situated in daily life and its expressions, but mediated by crime control industry
*Media used by agents of government to control images and social perspectives
*Subjective interpretations create images of crime controlled by those who benefit
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The philosophy of community corrections assumes that:
a. only the offender needs to change. b. only the community needs to change. c. both the offender and the community need to adapt. d. the offender and the community do not need to adapt. e. the offender cannot change, but can be prevented from further wrongdoing through the close supervision of the community.
What is a "planned intervention that is intended to change offenders for the better"?
a. Rehabilitation b. Retaliation c. Restoration d. Regulation
Conspiracy is a specific intent crime between two or more persons, who are thinking about committing a crime
Indicate whether the statement is true or false