Which of the following statements about labeling theory is true?
a. treating people as offenders increases their criminal involvement
b. labeling victims of crime as victims makes them more vulnerable to future offenders
c. labeling offenders as offenders in public will shame them so they do not commit future crimes
d. offenders that are given numbers instead of names in prison lose their identity
a. treating people as offenders increases their criminal involvement
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Briefly explain Freda Adler’s masculinization hypothesis.
What will be an ideal response?
If a driver hits a mailbox and causes damage to the vehicle exceeding $1,000 the operator is required to
a. report the damage to the owner of the mailbox b. notify the police agency, sheriff or nearest office of the DPS immediately or by the quickest means of communication c. leave a message on the damaged mailbox stating his/her name, address, and vehicle registration information if the owner cannot be located. d. All of the above e. None of the above
By following two matched samples of delinquents and nondelinquents until they reached age sixty-five, Laub and Sampson found that _____________ delinquents died of unnatural causes compared to the nondelinquent subjects
a. less c. fewer b. more d. the same number