Actions and practices, of individuals and institutions, designed to induce conformity with the rules and norms of society.

What will be an ideal response?


social control

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In Brigham City Utah v. Charles Stuart and Others (2006), involving police entering a home without a warrant where teenagers were partying, drinking, and officers observed an altercation occurring inside the home, the Supreme Court ruled that: a. the officers' entry of the home without a warrant violated the Fourth Amendment. b. the officers had a right to enter without a warrant because they

feared the teens would flee from the house ifthey waited. c. the officers had the right to enter without a warrant because they had an objectively reasonable basis forbelieving someone in the home was seriously injured or being threatened with imminent injury. d. the officers should have called an ambulance and let the EMTs enter without a warrant.

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The authority to "stop and frisk" is a. independent of the power of arrest

b. dependent on the power to arrest. c. inherent in the Sixth Amendment. d. independent of the power of arrest, dependent on the power to arrest, and inherent in the Sixth Amendment. e. none of these choices.

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According to the theory of social harm, immoral acts can be distinguished from crimes on the basis of the ____they cause

a. social outrage c. financial loss b. injury d. depravity

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Walker credits much of the decline in the motor vehicle death rate to social policies rather than criminal justice policies

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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