Explain the difference between specific and general deterrence.
What will be an ideal response?
Specific deterrence is the deterrent effect on the individual who had experienced the punishment; general deterrence acts on the general public.
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of the citizen soldier portrait?
a. The police and the criminal justice system are downplayed and often disparaged b. Traditional criminal justice components become part of the crime problem either through corruption or ineptitude c. The civilian is successful where law enforcers are not d. All of the above are characteristics of the citizen soldier portrait
What term defines the cohesion that enables a community to be an effective agent of social control?
a. Anomie b. Social disorganization c. Social embeddedness d. Collective efficacy
Emilio belongs to the National Center for Victims of Crime. Which of the following would he most likely support?
A. decreasing "stop and frisk" B. increasing "alternative" sentencing C. decreasing executions D. increasing incarceration rates