The presence of an accelerant at a fire scene is proof that the fire was a result of arson

a. true
b. false


b. false

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Identify the new statute promulgated by the U.S. Congress to respond to the Free Speech Coalition case. What was the statute designed to do? How was the statute designed to avoid the overbreadth problem of Free Speech Coalition? How was the statute received in U.S. v. Williams (2008)?

What will be an ideal response?

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Match each social structure theory listed in Column 1 with its description in Column 2

1. Social disorganization theory a. An ecological approach to explaining crime that examined how social disorganization contributes to social pathology. 2. Ecological theory b. Through a process of social communication, the transmission of delinquency through successive generations of people living in the same area. 3. Environmental criminology c. A type of sociological approach that emphasizes demographics and geographics and sees the social disorganization that characterizes delinquency areas as a major cause of criminality and victimization. 4. Chicago School of Criminology d. A perspective on crime causation that holds that physical deterioration in an area leads to increased concerns for personal safety among area residents and to higher crime rates in that area. 5. Social pathology e. Also called environmental criminology 6. Cultural transmission f. A perspective on crime and deviance that highlights the role that the breakdown of social institutions, such as the family, the economy, education, and religion, play in crime causation. 7. Broken windows thesis g. Conducted their work at the University of Chicago and developed what became known as social ecology. 8. Criminology of place h. Developed the idea of cultural transmission and applied the concentric zone model to the study of juvenile delinquency. 9. Park and Burgess i. A concept that compares society to a physical organism and that sees criminality as an illness or a disease. 10. Shaw and McKay j. An emerging perspective that emphasizes the importance of geographic location and architectural features as they are associated with the prevalence of criminal victimization.

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Suboxone is an opiate antagonist used to revive a person who is unconscious from a drug overdose.

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

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A boot camp is a community-based corrections center to which offenders report on a daily basis for purposes of treatment, education, and rehabilitation

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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