New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was allegedly involved in a scandal, involving the construction of a bridge and a manufactured traffic jam, and blaming rival politicians for the subsequent delays. If convicted, he would have been guilty of ____
a. white-collar crime
b. corporate crime
c. state political crime
d. corruption
Answer: c. state political crime
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While acting as a hostage negotiator, the hostage taker demands that you give him five million dollars and an airplane to leave the country. How would you respond to his requests?
What will be an ideal response?
Define the convict code.
a. A label given to an inmate who reveals the activity of another inmate to authorities. b. An inmate’s sense of masculine standing within the prison culture. c. A set of standards attributed to the true convict. d. The process of being socialized into the prison culture.
According to Edwin Lemert, ______ deviance occurs when society reacts and the offender becomes stigmatized.
A. primary B. secondary C. tertiary D. initial
In the 1980s, there was a _____ shift in U.S. crime control policy that led to tough new laws creating mandatory prison sentences for many different crimes
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word