Contrast the Pennsylvania and the New York penitentiary theories of the 1800s.

What will be an ideal response?


?The Pennsylvania system was based on the idea of separate confinement. Inmates were kept separate from one another at all times, with daily activities taking place in individual cells.?New York practiced a congregate system, based on silence and labor. While inmates worked and ate together, they were forbidden to speak.

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a. accidental. b. arson. c. natural. d. of undetermined cause.

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Hybrid gangs are overwhelmingly located in large cities

a. true b. false

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Which of the following is not a strain that Agnew sees leading to crime?

A. actual or anticipated removal of positively valued stimuli B. blockage from desired goals C. actual or anticipated presentation of negative or noxious stimuli D. negative associates

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Sally has been burglarized by someone who is homeless. She then begins to think poverty is a cause of crime. This is an example of how Sally’s ______ have/has shaped the way she has come to think about crime.

A. social experiences B. stereotypes C. media consumption D. peers

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