The central concern or issue in the natural science or positivist model adopted by mainstream criminology is:
(a) etiology, or the cause or causes of criminal behavior
(b) the consequences of criminal behavior
(c) the social construction of crime
(d) the public perception of crime
(e) the overlap between deviance and crime
Ans: (a) etiology, or the cause or causes of criminal behavior
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The basic idea of ___________ is that by punishing one person, others will be discouraged from committing a similar crime.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The experiences of Japan and China suggest that crime might be controlled by:
a. developing programs to strengthen the family. b. doubling the number of police officers in large cities. c. improving the population's standard of living. d. limiting to one the number of children a married couple can have.
The Goetz shooting incident took place in
a. Florida b. New York c. Maryland d. Washington D.C.
Burgess’s hypothesis of urban growth is referred to as ________
A) urban zone B) target zone C) progressive circle D) concentric zone