To obtain insight into the cause of crime, criminologists would prefer to see ____
a. fast changes in crime rates across time.
b. stable crime rates in all areas of the country.
c. variations in the crime rate across communities with different characteristics.
d. variation in the crime rate not dependent on community characteristics.
Answer: c. variations in the crime rate across communities with different characteristics.
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The ________ effect is a mostly unconscious process in which a person's exposure to a particular stimulus in the present influences their reaction to some other stimulus in the future
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The case of Jared Lee Loughner, who shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is an example of what level of the "wedding cake" model of justice?
A. Level I B. Level II C. Level III D. Level IV
The assumption that those who commit deviant acts at a young age are more likely to offend as adults is referred to as ________________
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According to the instrumental view of critical criminology, the poor may or may not commit more crimes than the rich, but:
A) their crimes are less visible.? B) ?they are arrested and punished less often. C) ?their crimes are more serious. D) ?they are arrested and punished more often.