Identify the causes of violence reported by youth from some of the nation's most violent neighborhoods
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may include the media, substance abuse, gangs, unemployment, weapons, poverty, peer pressure, broken homes, poor family environment/bad neighborhoods, and intolerance/ignorance.
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Functional categories of groups include
a. command b. task c. interest d. all of the above e. none of the above
The income that individuals have after personal income taxes have been paid is called
A) personal income. B) gross domestic income. C) national income. D) disposable personal income.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. When corporations are fined, the fine is typically several times the cost of the economic harm caused. 2. The $100 million fine imposed on the Exxon corporation in connection with the Valdez oil spill, along with the over $1 billion civil settlement Exxon was also required to pay, had a ruinous impact on the corporation. 3. Federal sentencing guidelines have resulted in generally tougher sentences for white collar offenders relative to conventional crime offenders. 4. The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act doubled the maximum sentence for some forms of corporate fraud 5. Unlike conventional offenders, white collar offenders are not seen as especially suitable for probation.
According to Cesare Beccaria, the purpose of punishment should be
a. retribution. b. rehabilitation. c. incapacitation. d. deterrence.