_______________ theory holds that people become criminal when significant members of society brand them as such and they these brands as part of their personal identity.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Social reaction or labeling
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Because inmates are in prison to be punished, the Eighth Amendment does not apply to them. 2. The Eighth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures. 3. The Fourteenth Amendment has been used to provide due process rights to offenders. 4. Kansas’s Sexually Violent Predator Act is criminal law rather than civil law. 5. The Supreme Court has ruled the use of civil commitment laws against sex offenders to be unconstitutional.
"Material abuse" in the context of elder abuse refers to the exploitation or use of resources
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
An observational study carried out in Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., found that the police were more likely to arrest a black juvenile than a white juvenile because:
a. more of the citizens who called the police about the black juveniles' behavior wanted the police to make an arrest. b. more of the black juveniles had been stopped for serious crimes. c. neither A nor B. d. both A and B.
African American officers are less likely to use deadly force.
a. true b. false