It is difficult to assess the effect of prejudicial evidence on a jury's verdict since jury deliberations are ________.

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Regarding the right of religious freedom, the First Amendment includes the freedom to act; but the U.S

Supreme Court has ruled that prison officials can limit certain religious acts (preventing attendance at certain worship services, for example) as long as the restriction meets legitimate penological interests. a. True b. False

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The Reid Technique utilizes psychological principles to break down a suspect's defenses to ________ a confession

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According to labeling theory, the continued participation in delinquency or crime due to an internalized self-concept reflective of negative labeling is referred to as ___________

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

1. Social control theory holds that individuals have various social controls that assist them in resisting pressures that draw them toward criminality. 2. Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime is best characterized as outlining the inner and outer pushes and pulls that influence a person’s likelihood of criminality. 3. General theory of crime, developed by Gottfredson and Hirschi, commits a global fallacy in its efforts to explain crime as “low self-control” in pursuit of “self-interest.” 4. Antisocial potential posits that relatively few people have high potential to commit antisocial acts.

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