Discuss the social and intellectual heritage of the subculture theories

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: [key points to be made]
*Social includes rise in consumerism, dominance of middle class view, broader range of college students, and delinquency viewed as lower class problem, as were gangs
*Slums still dominated inner cities; Civil Rights movement called attention to poverty and social responsibility
*Intellectual influences included Chicago School and work of Merton on anomie
*Chicago Area project and work of Solomon Kobrin on integrated communities provided focus on leadership and self-determination of inner-city neighborhoods to control from within

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Every criminal defendant who cannot afford to pay reasonable costs to compensate a defense attorney must be given free trial counsel

A) at any time when any defendant requests legal representation regardless of the type of crime and regardless of the potential punishment. B) whenever there is a chance that a judge might impose some incarceration if a guilty verdict is returned. C) when the crime charged is sufficiently serious that a jury trial is also allowed. D) when the crime charged is a misdemeanor involving an allegation of dishonesty. E) B and C are both correct responses.

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The repetition of criminal behavior by one convicted of a crime is called:

A. relapse B. recognizance C. recidivism D. crime-prone

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Explain Eck’s concept of “controllers.” What can be done to increase the effect and influence controllers have over each element of the crime triangle?

What will be an ideal response?

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At common law, an accessory ____________ was one who procured or counseled another to commit a felony but who was not actually or constructively present at the commission of the offense

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.

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