They can afford it!’ is an example of ______ according to Sykes and Matza’s neutralization theory.

a. denial of responsibility
b. denial of the victim
c. appeal to higher loyalties
d. stake in conformity


b. denial of the victim

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Most items of physical evidence retrieved at crime scenes can be linked definitively to a single person or object

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Once the defense has finished presenting its evidence, the prosecution has the opportunity to present _________ evidence

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following is least true?

A. Information warfare is considered necessary to the Chinese government to support its objectives and strategy. B. China views cyberspace as a way of compensating for its deficiency in conventional warfare. C. Cyber warfare is incorporated in military training in China. D. The Chinese government restricts the use of cyber warfare to the Chinese military.

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Which of the following is NOT a premise of conversation analysis?

A. Interaction is sequentially organized, and talk can be analyzed in terms of the process of social interaction rather than in terms of motives or social status. B. It displays the goals and intentions of human actors; it makes individuals, cultures, societies, and historical epochs comprehensible as wholes. C. Talk, as a process of social interaction, is contextually oriented; it both is shaped by interaction and creates the social context of that interaction. D. These processes are involved in all social interaction, so no interactive details are irrelevant to understanding it.

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