According to labeling theory, the nature of ______ to crime and the reality it constructs, not the nature of the act per se, determines whether a crime has occurred.

A. political perceptions
B. individual reactions
C. societal reactions
D. criminal reactions


C. societal reactions

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Critical criminology is most closely associated with:

A) differential association. B) innovation. C) radical criminology. D) pushes and pulls.

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Margins, spacing, crowding, insertions, alignment, spelling, punctuation, phraseology, and grammar cannot impart individual variations

a. True b. False

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The implementation of community-oriented policing should commence with the adaptation of neighborhood-oriented policing

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The stamen consists of two parts: the anther and the:

a. ovule. b. filament. c. stigma. d. pistil.

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