Crimes usually considered and punished by more than a year in state or federal prison are called:
a. felonies.
b. misdemeanors.
c. civil infractions.
d. criminal elements.
e. infractions.
a
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The assault on the ______ ______ in Amritsar gave the Sikh radical element all the legitimacy it needed
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Wearing your pajamas to work would be a violation of a(n):
A. behavior rule. B. written law. C. formal social norm. D. informal social norm.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. According to Akers (1998), definitions are attitudes, beliefs, and rationalizations that define a behavior as good or bad, right or wrong, appropriate or inappropriate; definitions can be general or specific. 2. Today, even those interested in biological predictors of crime and deviance do not argue that behavior is inherited, but rather they say that there may be predispositions that make some folks more likely to engage in behavior. 3. Cultural deviance has not been very influential in the study of deviance. 4. Differential association theories best describe subgroups like serial killers and schizophrenics.