When an individual decides not to commit a crime because he has been punished we call that:

a. general deterrence
b. recidivism
c. specific deterrence
d. target hardening


c

Sociology

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How has the public’s health benefited from access to high technology medical interventions? Would the health of the public be better or worse if we spent less on high technology and more on primary care—lessening access to high technology while increasing access to primary care?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Which of the following arguments aligns with the ideologies of people who call themselves "pro-life?"

a. Human life only begins when the fetus can stay alive outside the womb. b. Abortion in the third trimester is moral, legal, and socially acceptable. c. Whether or not to terminate a pregnancy is entirely a woman's decision. d. The fetus is a human, not merely a potential life.

Sociology

Walter Reckless suggested that many people do not resort to deviance because of __________, which may include supportive family and friends, reasonable social expectations, and supervision by others

a. formal containments b. inner containments c. informal containments d. outer containments

Sociology

Hospitals do not provide hospice care.

a. true b. false

Sociology