List deviant behaviors that have been medicalized. If these are definitions that have changed over time and space, be sure to mention briefly their change.

What will be an ideal response?


Medicalized deviant behaviors: mental illness, hyperactivity in children, alcoholism, homosexuality, eating disorders, compulsive gambling, and addiction. Homosexuality across cultures is viewed differently and accepted in other countries while it faces great debate in the United States.

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A guilty plea may be withdrawn if the plea bargain is not complied with by either the judge or the ________

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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As is true of the various roles of the police, there are multiple, conflicting, and vague sets of standards to which they must answer. Discuss how legality and democracy in particular can conflict. What are examples of how the requirement that everything the police do be legal conflict with the contemporary, COP-driven idea that the police must be responsive to their communities.

What will be an ideal response?

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The U.S. Supreme Court held that the PSI is confidential in nature in the case of ______.

A. Williams v. New York B. Williams v. Gangley C. Gagnon v. Scarpelli D. Butler v. California

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_____ is one of the strongest correlates of delinquency.

a. Race and ethnicity b. Age c. Gender d. Class

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