Sam, who was raised and lives in an impoverished area and has multiple antisocial friends, commits a robbery. Conservative criminologists would argue that Sam’s criminal behavior is a result of ______.
A. individual choice
B. a combination of poverty and antisocial peers
C. current state of poverty
D. antisocial peers
A. individual choice
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According to evidence-based practices research, sentencing to which of the following programs should be avoided since they don't reduce-or may even increase-recidivism?
A- Adult boot camps. B- "Scared straight" programs. C- Wilderness programs . D- All the above are programs to which sentencing should be avoided. E- None of these programs are ones to which sentencing should be avoided.
Which of the following is an example of selective incapacitation?
a. taking all offenders regardless of prior record and putting them in prison for the same amount of time b. taking all male offenders and putting them in prison for the same amount of time c. taking repeat youth burglars and putting them in prison for less time than first time youth burglars d. taking repeat armed robbers and putting them in prison longer than first time armed robbers
When asked why they own gun, Americans are least likely to cite which of the following reasons?
a. U.S. Constitutional right to bear arms b. military experience/veteran c. sportsmenship d. personal and family protection
Recent research on D.A.R.E has found: a. little to no effect and needed changes. b. positive results for fifth- and sixth-graders
c. little effect at reducing heroin usage. d. positive results for gateway drugs.