Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Social control theory holds that individuals have various social controls that assist them in resisting pressures that draw them toward criminality.
2. Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime is best characterized as outlining the inner and outer pushes and pulls that influence a person’s likelihood of criminality.
3. General theory of crime, developed by Gottfredson and Hirschi, commits a global fallacy in its efforts to explain crime as “low self-control” in pursuit of “self-interest.”
4. Antisocial potential posits that relatively few people have high potential to commit antisocial acts.
1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
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Under __________, a person is in custody when he is otherwise deprived of freedom of action in any significant way
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Two police officers talking to each other in the presence of a suspect in a manner designed to encourage the suspect to make a statement is considered as a(n) ________ by the officers
Fill in the blank with correct word.
Ninety-five percent of criminal cases are settled by:
A. a verdict from the judge. B. plea bargaining. C. grand jury indictments. D. a verdict from the jury.
Jordan Snow has served 15 years of a 25-year sentence for first-degree rape. He was 20 when he was originally sentenced. Jordan had a previous charge of larceny, which the judge had to include during the rape sentencing. Jordan has always stated that he is innocent and one day he would prove it. Jordan's DNA results have come back exonerating him from the crime. He is the victim of a: a. punishment.b. wrongful conviction.c. shame.d. DNA proof.e. prosecutorial misconduct.
What will be an ideal response?