Akers’ social learning theory, more specifically the variable measuring ______, has consistently been found to have one of the strongest relationships with delinquency when examined with other individual-level theories of crime.

A. association with delinquent friends
B. overall criminal propensity
C. immersion in the delinquent subculture
D. modeling habits


A. association with delinquent friends

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Philosophically, not every officer agrees with the notion of community relations

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The ______ is a database of decertified police officers.

A. National Decertification Index B. National Repository for Decertified Officers C. National Criminal Justice Reference Service D. Corrupt Officers Database

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The determination of an arrestee's eligibility for citation release and the actual release of the arrestee are deferred until after he or she has been delivered by the arresting department to a jail/pretrial detention facility for screening, booking, and admission in a:

a. police/pretrial jail citation release. b. police field citation release. c. police station house citation release. d. police/court bail schedule.

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The salient issue in the impossibility defense is whether the law should punish a person who has attempted to do what was not possible under the existing circumstances.

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

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