According to Akers, ______, or mimicking others, influences if people engage in criminal behavior.

A. social reinforcements
B. punishments
C. definitions
D. imitation


D. imitation

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The _____ view of crime is that different interest groups define social harm according to who has the power to define the laws and social harms at any given point in time

a. Consensus c. Conflict b. Cooperation d. Exploitative

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Why did the California Supreme Court rule against the three-strikes laws?

a. Many were being sent to prison too young. b. Many were being sent to prison for non-violent crimes. c. Judicial discretion was not being used properly. d. Many criminals were not being caught.

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Terrie Moffitt’s dual pathway developmental theory argues that there is a third group of youths who refrain from delinquency altogether. This group is known as ______.

A. adolescent-limiteds B. life-course persisters C. refrainers D. abstainers

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All state courts have:

A) the same names for their court systems. B) the same hierarchy of courts. C) the same court organization as the federal court system. D) different court organizations.

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