One study shows that whites who victimize minorities are sentenced moreharshly than other race or offender/race combinations

a. True b. False


b

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1. Age-graded developmental theory might best be described as a biological theory of crime that is focused on adulthood. 2. One valid critique of developmental theories is that they are not dynamic enough to account for changes in criminal risk factors over time. 3. One advantage of developmental theories is that they can identify characteristics that lead to onset/persistence/desistance of antisocial behavior in the same individuals. 4. A valid critique of age-graded developmental theory is that it fails to consider the reasons that offenders ultimately desist from crime. 5. People who bond well with conventional others build social capital.

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The principle behind the authority for asset forfeiture, the government asserts that it has the right to illicit proceeds back to the time they were generated is called the forfeiture retro law.

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

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The formal termination of an offender's conditional freedom is known as ________.

A. revocation B. diversion C. adjudication D. reconviction

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___________family income is a standard measure of economic status

a. Marginal c. Minimum b. Median d. Maximum

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