People who have been unsuccessful in the legitimate world as well as the illegitimate world are likely to form _______

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


Answer: Retreatist gangs

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Generally, the gauge of a shotgun is _____ to the diameter of its barrel

a. directly related b. not related c. inversely related

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According to criminologist Isaac Ehrlich of the University at Buffalo, a 1 percent increase in sentence length will:

A. promote discipline within a correctional institution. B. decrease the crime rate by an equal percentage. C. have little impact on property crime rates. D. lead to more violent crimes.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Victimology is considered a subfield of psychology. 2. During the Industrial Revolution, crime was seen as a violation against the state rather than the victim himself/herself. 3. An individual enters a home with the intent to burglarize it. He is shot. This would be considered victim provocation. 4. Marvin Wolfgang found that for victim-precipitated homicides, victims oftentimes knew the offender. 5. The National Crime Survey shed light on how much crime was NOT reported to law enforcement.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The commonality of deviant careers and career deviance is short-lived views on deviance. 2. It does not take much to initiate deviance. 3. Low-level entry of drug dealers and smugglers is when conventional businesses are used to launder drug money through. 4. Individual and peer factors, school, and family are among risk factors of deviant onset. 5. Researchers of career deviance and deviant careers are concerned with why people begin to engage in deviance and why deviance persists.

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