Summarize the main points of David Farrington’s integrated cognitive antisocial potential (ICAP) theory.

What will be an ideal response?


Farrington’s ICAP theory stresses antisocial potential and cognition and how these things are shaped in pro- or antisocial directions at different times and in different situations. Farrington distinguishes between long-term and short-term antisocial potential. Short-term antisocial potential occurs primarily during adolescence.

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Since the mid-1920s, most U.S. Supreme Court justices have taken the _____ incorporation approach in determining whether the Bill of Rights applies to the states in protecting the public.

A. Intensive B. Selective C. Direct D. Exclusive.

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To what extent do wounds play a role in understanding the facts and circumstances surrounding a shooting death?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which type of validity is the most desirable yet most difficult to achieve?

A. true validity B. predictive validity C. face validity D. content validity

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The main purpose of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 was:

a. to strengthen laws regarding violence against women. b. to allow police departments to hire more officers. c. to limit the insanity defense to those with severe mental disease or defect. d. to punish federal offenders who cross state lines. e. to allow a maximum incarceration length of 50 years for homicide.

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