The battered women's syndrome is a defense based on:
a. the victim's belief that she can escape the relationship
b. the victim's belief that her life is in danger
c. the victim's belief that she can reason with the batterer
d. the victim's belief that the abuse will soon stop
B
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A factor relied on by the Supreme Court to allow the introduction of a suggestive showup identification is ___________________________________________
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Integrated and general theories suggest that:
a. social support is important to preventing and reducing crime. b. the best way to control crime is through the manipulation of the physical environment. c. rehabilitation and treatment will be ineffective without proper punishment. d. informal social control can be raised by increased police visibility. e. the most effective anticrime measures focus on reforming chronic offenders.
The category describing the drug-crime relationship as drug use and criminal behavior as part of a generally deviant way of life, categorized by lack of conventional activity and exposure to criminal risk factor is:
a. drug-defined crime b. drug-related crime c. drug-using lifestyle d. drug addiction
There is widespread recognition that rape is a physical intrusion fueled by a desire for violent coercion rather than being sexually motivated
Indicate whether the statement is true or false