List any five methods of crime control that appear to be failures

What will be an ideal response?


Based on research finding, certain crime control efforts appear to be failures. These failing programs include: a) the 311 phone line, b) random patrol, c) hiring more detectives, d) abolishing plea bargaining, and e) the DARE program.

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Confined juveniles have the right to treatment according to Inmates of the Boys' Training School v. Affleck

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Research has shown that a small group of juvenile offenders was responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime attributed to a large group of young males

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What is meant by the term contamination of evidence?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is one of the major principles of differential association?

a. A person becomes a criminal when he finds the consequences of breaking the law to be less favorable than upholding the law. b. Criminal behavior is innate. c. Differential association may vary in frugality, durability and intelligence. d. Learning criminal behavior involves assimilating techniques.

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