Identify and describe three of the lower-class focal concerns proposed by Walter Miller.
What will be an ideal response?
Possibilities: Trouble (represents prestige and a means of obtaining attention); toughness (“macho” or being able to handle oneself, physical strength); smartness (ability to outsmart, outfox, outwit, dupe, or con others); excitement (emphasizes the thrills of danger, risk, etc.); fate (no use planning because the future is based on luck or good fortune); autonomy (independence, “being one’s own man,” free from external constraints; hardest to achieve due to life options)
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a. marijuana b. mdma c. cocaine d. hashish e. flacka
Amateur forgers who case bad checks because of some financial crisis but have little identification with a criminal subculture are referred to as __________________ forgers.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Bureau of Prisons uses the house arrest sanction for inmates:
a. before confinement. b. before release. c. who exhibit good behavior. d. who request conjugal privileges.
A(n) ________ is a written order or summons, issued by a law enforcement officer, often directing an alleged offender to appear in court at a specified time to answer a criminal charge
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word