Define the term ethics.

What will be an ideal response?


Ethics is the study of what is right and wrong, and to be ethical is to practice in your work what is “right” behavior.

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Professionals who work with ex-offenders report that the desire to remain free is usually enough by itself to keep a person from committing a new crime

a. True b. False

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_____ criminologists tend to believe that the only real cause of crime is capitalism.

a. atavist b. Marxist c. positivist d. classical

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In which case did the Court hold that juveniles must be provided with essential due process rights, thus ending the “hands-off policy” previously taken by the Court?

a. Kent v. United States b. In re Gault c. In re Winship d. McKeiver v. Pennsylvania

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Most scientists agree that humans do not have a natural predisposition toward violence and aggression. 2. According to Davis and Gurr (1969), a prolonged frontier experience legitimized violence and vigilante justice. 3. Organized serial killers are usually socially and sexually incompetent. 4. Visionaries are thrill-seekers who murder for creature comforts, profit, or pleasure in life. 5. A mass murder is defined as the killing of several victims in three or more separate incidents over weeks, months, or even years.

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