Cesare Lombroso’s concept of the born criminal is also known as his theory of ______.

a. atavism
b. ideal types
c. phrenology
d. somatotypes


a. atavism

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______ theories advocate the use of gang prevention programs.

a. Biosocial b. Social disorganization c. Social process d. Critical

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Handling crimes that have already been committed:

a. Reactive response b. Incident Driven c. Use of the criminal justice system d. Use of aggregate statistics e. Lack of community and employee involvement f. Citizen and employee expectations g. The use of specialized units

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A criminal act is enough for criminal liability for most serious crimes

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

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Detectives in a centralized squad are considered _____

a. specialists c. to be in field training b. generalists d. felony-only detectives

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