According to Travis Hirschi, social control theory can be used as a crime-causation theory by criminologists to explain deviance.

a. true
b. false


Answer: b. false

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Striving for both efficiency and accuracy, which are the two competing models of criminal procedure?

A) Crime control and due process B) Federalism and Jeffersonianism C) Criminal courts and civil councils D) Bill of Rights and states’ rights

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The Court has held that "The state itself may impose such corporal punishment as is necessary for the proper education of the child for the maintenance of group discipline."

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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According to social process theory, family has no significant effect on youths' delinquent or violent behavior

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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