What is a Recidivism?

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The act of relapsing into a problem or criminal behavior during or after receiving sanctions, or while undergoing an intervention due to a previous behavior or crime. In criminal justice settings, recidivism is often measured by criminal acts that result in rearrest, reconviction, or return to prison.

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Method is more important in the research process than is theory

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following names capitalism and inequality as being at the root of crime?

a. Feminist criminology b. Left realism c. Marxist criminology d. Postmodernism

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Many exonerations are not based on DNA evidence, but on the discovery that prosecutors had ignored or _______ evidence

a. hidden b. destroyed c. contained d. shared

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As a clinical diagnosis, Battered Woman Syndrome is thought to be a form of:

a. BPD b. Sororicide c. Depression d. PTSD e. none of the above

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