The concept of negative emotions is central to which theory?

a. differential opportunity theory
b. focal concerns theory
c. general strain theory
d. institutional anomie theory


c. general strain theory

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Of the three types of stress officers face, those that corrode confidence and resilience are known as ______.

a. explosive events b. daily tensions c. implosive events d. none of these

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The ____________ is a five-level guide directing a police officer's use of force

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. One weakness of Miller’s theory of “focal concerns” is that it fails to explain middle- and upper-class criminal behavior. 2. Delinquency and drift are an example of hard determinism. 3. Techniques of neutralization refer to rationalizations or excuses that juveniles use to neutralize responsibility for deviant actions. 4. Social process theories address the issue of how society maintains or elicits social control and the manner in which it obtains conformity or fails to obtain it in the form of deviance.

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What effect has the recent recession had on the private prison industry and why?

What will be an ideal response?

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