Shaw and McKay’s work on juveniles found that rates of delinquency ______.

a. appeared to cluster in certain neighborhoods
b. were lowest in neighborhoods in or around business and industrial areas
c. appeared to be distributed randomly across the neighborhoods
d. tend to decline as people moved closer to the central business district


a. appeared to cluster in certain neighborhoods

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The "Progressive Era" can best be described in the following way (s): a. There was a movement aimed to rid the nation of widespread corruption in the cities and to"restore representative government." b. There was a movement to make state governments more responsive to the people and asinstruments of social welfare, rather that subservient to corporations

c. There was a national movement to attempt to subject railroads, industrial corporations, and banks to effective public control. d. All of the above.

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Presumptive sentencing is most closely associated with guidelines-based sentencing

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The Hurtado v. California case attempted the process of the "shorthand doctrine," but instead ratified the "fruits of the poisonous tree" doctrine.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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_____________________ is the criminal action of being involved in an organized effort to engage in illegal business transactions

a. Extortion b. Influence peddling c. Racketeering d. Insider trading

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