Cloward and Ohlin accepted that delinquents and criminals want middle-class financial success but have little interest in the usual indicators of middle-class economic success. The theory they developed from this concept is known as ______.

A. status frustration
B. short-run hedonism
C. opportunity structure theory
D. middle-class measuring rods


C. opportunity structure theory

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The Youth Firearms Violence Initiative is an example of which type of grant?

a. Technological/Assistance. b. Training. c. Special programs d. Symbolic. e. None of the above.

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A prosecutor considers all aspects except ______when deciding the likelihood that an offender will recidivate.

a. Victim-offender Relationship b. History of substance abuse c. History of violence d. Stigma of stereotypes

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Community corrections sanctions are designed to reduce recidivism and protect the __________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following is NOT a strategy of intervention identified by Irving Spergel and colleagues’ report on forty-five cities with gang problems?

A) community organization B) suppression C) subcultural affiliation D) social intervention

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