A number of states have consolidated larceny, embezzlement, and false pretenses into a single statute punishing ______.

a. theft
b. robbery
c. burglary
d. property crimes


a. theft

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Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime attempts to:

A) increase the vocational skills of prison inmates. B) provide jail inmates with educational opportunities. C) deter gangs from forming in communities. D) improve client abstinence from drugs.

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The category of sex offender represents a number of different types of offenders, but those who prey on children resent significant risk factors to the community and supervision problems for probation and parole officers

a. True b. False

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______ deviance is defined as “criminal and deviant acts by the largest corporations and the most powerful political organizations.”

a. Ethnocentric b. Elite c. Criminogenic d. Corporate

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Which famous philosopher is said to have provided a more refined version of the doctrine of consequentialism?

a. Jeremy Bentham b. John Stuart Mill c. Thomas Kent d. Aristotle

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