If a gang member in prison is given solitary confinement for enforcing one of the gang’s goals and not letting prison administrators know details of the gang’s activity, this gang member might get respect from other members of the gang. This gang member gets respect for his behavior, which reinforces his status among his peers. This could best be explained through __________ theory.
a. rational choice
b. labeling
c. strain
d. social learning
d. social learning
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a. Search and seizure. b. The admissibility of the polygraph. c. The evidential value of confessions. d. The acceptability of new scientific tests.
Explain the constitutional right to bail. Identify three constitutional rights that the bail system denies to poor defendants, and explain how each is denied
What will be an ideal response?
The "law in action" represents an idealized view of law, one that stresses an abstract set of rules that fails to take real people into account
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The theory behind right-to-carry laws is that allowing people to carry concealed weapons
a. can reduce fear of crime b. can deter violent crime c. can reduce the number of people violating laws that ban possession d. all of the above e. none of the above