Explain the basis of Miller's focal concerns. Which concern does he suggest is the most important?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Delinquency results from several lower-class subcultural focal concerns: trouble, toughness, smartness, excitement, fate, and autonomy. He considers "trouble" the most important.

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An estimated 120,000 individuals participate in this alternative approach that involves the treatment rather than punishment of nonviolent drug offenders:

a. compassionate rehabilitation b. drug testing c. drug forfeiture d. drug courts

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Which of the following research designs is used during election time to track support of candidates?

a. Cross-sectional b. Repeated cross-sectional c. Fixed-sample panel d. Event-based

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The 3P paradigm includes all EXCEPT which of the following components.

a. Prevention b. Criminal Prosecution c. Victim Protection d. Legislative Participation

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Beginning in the early 1960s, the United States experienced a dramatic __________ in crime.

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

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