Goode and Ben-Yehuda (1994) stressed the level of popular participation in moral panics and believed they are founded on genuine public concern, which is picked up and promoted by the media. This is known as the ______ model.

a. policy implication
b. justice
c. elite-engineered
d. grassroots


Ans: D

Criminal Justice

You might also like to view...

A systematic approach to sampling in participant observational research is

A) Experiential sampling B) Theoretical sampling C) Field sampling D) None of the above

Criminal Justice

Equipment sales frauds work for all of the following reasons except:

A. doctors’ signatures were being forged. B. Medicare does not review doctor's credentials. C. patients were pressuring doctors to sign forms. D. diagnoses were being made by untrained teenagers.

Criminal Justice

Which of the following is not a strain-producing event discussed by Agnew?

A. stress caused by the removal of positively valued stimuli from the individual B. strain caused by the presentation of negative stimuli C. strain caused by the failure to achieve positively valued goals D. strain caused by social disorganization

Criminal Justice

What is the paradox of policing?

A. Policing carries a high potential for danger, and the chances for actual danger are equally high B. Policing carries a high potential for danger, and the chances for actual danger are higher C. Policing carries a high potential for danger, but the chances for actual danger are not that high D. Policing carries a moderate potential for danger, but the chances for actual danger are high

Criminal Justice