In profiling, ________ are variables that describe what the offender was doing prior to the crime
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer: antecedents
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The excess profits that are produced by the laboring classes and accrued by business owners are known as ______________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The allowable charges and penalties that our criminal justice system can exercise against a drug offender is dependent on the ________ of the drug either sold or possessed
a. color b. street value c. weight d. route of administration
Which term within the subjectivist perspective is usually used to refer to a readily identifiable culprit for the social problem at hand?
a. Claimsmaker b. Threat c. Folk devil d. Epidemic
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Most correctional officers and inmates know that the background of an offender (or of a correctional officer) has a strong impact on how that person behaves, both inside and outside of a prison; this simply makes good intuitive sense. 2. The social learning theory states the subculture within prisons is brought in from outside the walls by offenders who have developed their beliefs and norms while on the streets. In other words, the prison subculture is reflective of the offender subculture on the streets. 3. An estimated 35% of transgender inmates held in prisons and 34% held in local jails reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization by another inmate or facility staff in the past 12 months or since admission, if less than 12 months. 4. A mule is a person who smuggles drugs into prison for another inmate. 5. A convict is an inmate who is respected for being self-reliant and independent of other inmates or the system.