The branch of social science that uses the scientific method of the natural sciences and suggests that human behavior is a product of social, biological, psychological, or economic forces that can be empirically measured is called ______.

A. positivism
B. socialization
C. classical criminology
D. conflict theory


Answer: A

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a. Codified Law. b. Lynch Law. c. Sharia Law. d. Rendition.

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Values of the dependent variable are contingent on values of the independent variable in

a. Tendency tables. b. Multivariate analysis. c. Contingency tables. d. Dispersion tables.

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Social conflict theories view criminal behavior as a result of contact with deviant family and friends

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Police subculture is also sometimes called police ________

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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