___________________ clearly puts social disorganization as a macro-level control theory whereby residents of certain neighborhoods are able to control and minimize unwanted deviance, while residents in some neighborhoods, characterized by poverty, population turnover, and racial/ethnic heterogeneity, cannot control their environments and achieve common goals.

a) Clifford Shaw
b) Henry McKay
c) Ruth Kornhauser
d) Robert Agnew


a) Clifford Shaw

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics for 2011 to 2012 reveal that an estimated 4% of state or federal prisoners and 3.2% of those in jails reported experiencing at least ______ incident(s) of sexual abuse by another inmate or facility staff within the past 12 months.

a. one b. two c. four d. seven

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The theory that inmate aggression is caused when freedoms and services that the inmate has come to accept as normal are decreased or eliminated is called:

A. relative deprivation. B. absolute deprivation. C. social deprivation. D. induced deprivation.

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Ceteris paribus is a concept related to:

a. Anchors b Subject fatigue c. Nomothetic explanation d. Idiographic explanation

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What are legal ethics, and why are they important to the legal system?

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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