Which of the following terms is used by labeling theory to refer to an agent or official who is concerned with creating and labeling new categories of deviance?

a. bureaucrat
b. capitalist
c. moral entrepreneur
d. proletariat


c. moral entrepreneur

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Which of the following refers to research screening committees set up in colleges and universities to oversee the ethical propriety of research?

a. College Senates b. Faculty Policies Committees c. Rank and Tenure Committees d. Institutional Review Boards

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Which theory stressed that the usual controls of delinquent behavior were largely absent in areas of highest delinquency?

a. cultural transmission theory b. social disorganization theory c. labeling theory d. classical theory

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Which of the following is a limitation of incapacitation as a theory of punishment?

A. It limits a judge's power to deviate from determinate sentencing laws. B. It displays conscious discrimination on the part of sentencing judges. C. It does not take into account the safety of society as a whole. D. It offers no proportionality with regard to a particular crime.

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Whether or not a seizure has occurred is viewed from the perspective of a reasonable ____ under those particular facts and circumstances.

What will be an ideal response?

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