Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Labeling theorists believe that formally sanctioning people through the criminal justice system is better than diverting people from the system.
2. Nearly one in three African American males between 20 and 29 years of age are under some form of control by the criminal justice system.
3. A lawbreaker’s behavior is only one factor and maybe not even the most important factor in determining whether or not society will assign a criminal label to him/her.
4. Labeling theorists claim that state intervention created crime rather than halted crime.
5. The idea that criminal justice intervention can deepen criminality originated with the labeling theorists of the 1960s.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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