According to Akers’s social learning theory, which set of definitions helps to justify or excuse criminal behavior?

a. Positive
b. General
c. Abstract
d. Neutralizing
e. None of the above


d. Neutralizing

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Women incarcerated in correctional facilities tend to be

A) single women with children. B) young C) poor minorities. D) undereducated. E) all of the above.

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Approximately 56% of state inmates had some type of ______ issue.

a. eating b. compulsive c. drinking d. mental health

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Lower courts constitute __________ percent of all judicial bodies in the United States.

A. 10 B. 25 C. 55 D. 85

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Basic

9. A probation and parole agency is based on a(n) __________ model when success is measured according to the agency’s ability to hold the offender accountable for his or her behavior. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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