What is a theory? What is the role of theories in the field of criminology?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Responses should define theory, based on the description in the textbook, as a set of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately control some class of events. Answers should connect the role of theory building in the field as one that helps construct models to allow for better understanding of criminal behavior, and in turn, better development of social policies to reduce criminal behavior.
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a. True b. False
Which of the following is a characteristic of occasional criminals?
a. Often lower-class b. Not easily deterred c. Crime is not their sole means of livelihood d. They are likely to express identification with criminal behavior.
Compare and contrast the processes of deductive and inductive reasoning and describe challenges to these processes
What will be an ideal response?
A common practice found often in female prisons but not as often in male prisons is the process of self-mutilation known as:
A) ?cutting. B) ?carving. C) ?sculpting. D) ?slicing. E) ?dicing.