Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Although they are generally antagonistic towards the capitalist state, progressive criminologists may call for stronger state action against corporate crime.
2. Contemporary deterrence research suggests that the subjective perception of being sanctioned is more important than the actual probability of it.
3. White collar crime is typically viewed as a highly instrumental crime.
4. In instances of general deterrence, punished offenders are dissuaded from committing further offenses after they have had legal sanctions imposed upon them.
5. Any theory of deterrence adopts, in some form, the classical criminological model of human beings as rational creatures.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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