Which of the following explains crime as a result of a breakdown in bonds that normally hold society together, caused by factors such as poverty, ethnic or racial heterogeneity, residential mobility, family disruption, and population density?
A. World system theory
B. Cultural theories
C. Strain theories
D. Social disorganization theory
D
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a. Amsterdam b. Stockholm c. Heidelberg d. Rotterdam
You are walking down a dark street at night when you are approached by a man. He calmly and quietly asks you if you have a wallet on your person. You look at him in shock. He asks again. What are your legal options and why?
What will be an ideal response?
Heroin is a chemically modified form of what drug?
a. gamma-hydroxybutyric (GHB) b. Rohypnol c. oxycodone d. morphine
In the early years immediately following the adoption of the Sixth Amendment guaranteeing the right to counsel, courts interpreted that right to mean:
a. all defendants must receive counsel at government expense. b. defendants have a right to counsel at trial provided they can afford one. c. defendants do not have a right to counsel until the trial itself, but once trial begins all defendants must receive lawyers even if they cannot afford them. d. only felony defendants are entitled to lawyers at government expense.