Enrico Ferri’s saturation theory of crime refers to the idea that:

a. Eventually society will need to revert to the practice of exile to handle its criminal population
b. Crime expands to fit the amount of control machinery assigned to it
c. Society will not let the crime rate exceed beyond a certain point
d. Natural forces prevent the crime rate from exceeding a certain rate within society


b. Crime expands to fit the amount of control machinery assigned to it

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Overgeneralization is more likely to lead to selective observation than selective observation is to lead to overgeneralization.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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A. True B. False

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a) avoidant
b) secure
c) ambivalent
d) enmeshed
e) unemotional

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