Briefly describe the relationship between gender and crime.

What will be an ideal response?


Gender is the most significant predictor of criminality, with males having far higher crime rates. Still, this gap has been narrowing in recent years in modernized societies.

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a. Publicity gives attention to the reasons for the terrorists actions. b. Publicity gains a reaction from those in power. c. Publicity produces sympathy for the terrorists' plight. d. all of the above

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An instrument used in the selection process for testing physiological responses to question is known as:

A) the personality profile B) the alcoholmeter C) the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Test D) the polygraph

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Several theorists offered causes of white-collar crime. Name the three theorists from this chapter and discuss the causes offered by each

What will be an ideal response?

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Although women's gender may protect them from police beatings, it subjects them to _____. Such violence includes rape and other sexual assaults and unnecessary strip searches and body cavity searches by male officers

a. police erotic encounters (PEE) b. law enforcement rape (LER) c. law enforcement incest (LEI) d. police sexual violence (PSV)

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