Crimes punishable by death or imprisonment in a federal or state penitentiary for 1 year or longer are called:

a. felonies.
b. gross misdemeanors.
c. misdemeanors.
d. petty misdemeanors.


a

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a. Excitement-driven b. Desperation-driven c. Anger-driven d. Fear-driven

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Psychosocial factors that buffer a youth against the temptation to engage in criminal behavior are called what?

a. Deterrence factors b. Protective factors c. Prosocial factors d. Spatial factors

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This is the name for individuals who are affected by the victimization of a loved one.

a. Vicarious victims b. Indirect victims c. Secondary victims d. Pseudo-victims

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A group of descriptive statistics that numerically describe the “typical” case and include the mean, median, and mode are referred to as ______.

a. situational contexts b. spatial descriptions c. measures of dispersion d. measures of central tendency

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