The concept of double deviants is used to suggest that female offenders ______.

a. are often mentally ill and criminal offenders
b. have broken both the gender expectations and the law
c. are often both offenders and substance abusers
d. have failed both as mothers and as citizens


b. have broken both the gender expectations and the law

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The Criminal Justice System is commonly divided into three sub-components: police, courts, and __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following is NOT an activity done by field officers?

A) follow-up contacts B) sponsor a welcome wagon for new residents C) assigned calls for service D) office-initiated activities E) administrative activities

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Which terrorist group, housed in Palestine and at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, gets its support from Kuwait, Iran, and Saudi Arabia and routinely attacks civilian Israeli targets?

a. Al Qaeda b. Hamas c. Hezbollah d. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)

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African Americans are more likely to commit the type of low-level white collar crimes that are more likely to be reported, processed and recorded in the FBI's Uniform Crime Report

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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