List the three basic elements of crime in routine activities theory.

What will be an ideal response?


A motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of a capable guardian.
Learning Objective: 2-2: Identify and apply key criminological and psychological
theoretical perspectives to the community supervision process.

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Despite the corruption and human rights abuses in Indonesia, President Suharto continued to stay in power into 1998

a. True b. False

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Judges often credit the time an accused person was detained awaiting trial as "credit for time served." This practice acknowledges that:

A. judges are not fair. B. judges favor probation over incarceration. C. most jails offer inmates little or no rehabilitative programming. D. most crimes do not deserve long jail stays.

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This group was identified as the very first criminal investigative unit:

a. Bow Street Runners b. Fielding's Flock c. London's Runners d. Henry Fielding's Runners

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Cloward and Ohlin named three types of delinquent subcultures. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

A. the violent B. the ritualist C. the retreatist D. the criminal

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