In his book, The Lucifer Effect, psychologist Phillip Zimbardo suggests that the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison were the result of a bad social setting that contaminated the individual
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Discuss Messer and Rosenfeld’s institutional anomie theory? How does it explain white-collar crime? Do you agree with their theory? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
Nina is convicted of committing petty theft in a department store. Which of the following sentences would she most likely receive?
A. a parole of 3 months, which involves community service B. a prison sentence of 2 years and then be placed on probation for 2 years C. a probation of 6 months, which involves community service D. a prison sentence of 5 years and then be placed on parole for 1 year
A defendant is convicted of burglary and assaulting its occupant; he is sentenced to 3 years on a charge of assault and 10 years for burglary, with the sentences to be served consecutively. The sentences would be completed:
A) after 10 years in prison. B) after 3 years in prison. C) after 7 years in prison. D) after 13 years in prison. E) between 7 and 10 years in prison.
Which of the following is accurate concerning data acquired during field research?
a. it is qualitative data that is easily reduced to numbers b. it is quantitative data that is not easily reduced to numbers c. it is qualitative data that is not easily reduced to numbers d. all the data gathered must be reducible to numbers