Which theory focuses on urban conditions, such as high unemployment and school dropout rates, to explain crime?
a. Strain theory
b. Social disorganization theory
c. Cultural deviance theory
d. General strain theory
b
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Major activities of program monitoring include all but which one of the following?
a. Designing monitoring instruments to collect data b. Immediate termination of people who do not pledge an oath to support the project c. Designating responsibility for data collection, storage, and analysis d. Developing information system capacities
What is the Food Safety Modernization Act?
a. The first law to formalize federal disaster relief to both States and individuals and families in one place. It also created the authority for the President to issue emergency declarations. b. It is designed to prevent both intentional and unintentional contamination of the U.S. food supply using enhanced regulatory authorities to focus on prevention rather than relying on response after contamination has taken place c. It establishes a national policy to defend the agriculture and food system against terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies d. Previously, the DHS was authorized to regulate chemical facility security. This was issued to implement that authorization.
Howard Becker calls individuals who seek to shape the law toward their own way of thinking:
a. moral entrepreneurs.
b. right-way thinkers.
c. one-way thinkers.
d. morality crusaders.
Between January, 2004 and June 2012, about _____ percent of the 4.4 million stop and frisk encounters in New York City involved blacks or Hispanics
a. 60 b. 70 c. 80 d. 90