List the three areas of peacemaking criminology and a brief description of their approaches to understanding deviancy.

What will be an ideal response?


A strong answer will identify the following:
• Religious— traditions advocate a way to view crime as members of the community who need understanding.
• Feminist—humanity approach, women are placed at a disadvantage in patriarchal society.
• Critical—societal power differs at intersections of gender, race, and class.
• All of these areas argue for restoration, not retribution when it comes to punishment.

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a. To give psychologists jobs in a tough economy b. To help officers perform their jobs better c. To help police department cover-up mistakes d. To waste taxpayer money

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What are some of the ways the AEDPA places restrictions on habeas corpus?

What will be an ideal response?

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When a person has lost a professional license due to conviction, a pardon

A. automatically restores the license and right to practice. B. restores the license one year after the pardon. C. generally does not restore the license. D. restores the license, but the right to practice is decided by a professional board.

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Which of the following experiments is considered to be a cost-effective way of determining if future research is warranted?

a. true experiments b. pre-experiments c. quasi-experiments d. natural experiments

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